Human figure carved from a single piece of wood. It is wearing a top hat and and a necklace of blue beads. It holds a wooden machete attached with a nail. The figure probably represents the spirit of an ancestor. Gods and spirits were represented in material form to fix them in an earthly place where they could be worshipped. Subsequently, they might be replaced and thrown way or be neglected by their worshippers. The European hat was a symbol of high status worn by chiefs and the figure would also have been originally dressed in a fabric skirt.