Three-dimensional carved wooden female figure
- Made:
- 1880-1920 in Sierra Leone
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Three-dimensional carved wooden female figure, wearing boots and beaded apron with rolls of fat on neck, made by Mendi, associated with female Bundu society, Sierra Leone, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A28930
- Measurements:
-
with base: height 770 mm
approx: width 200 mm
base: length 295 mm
base: width 285 mm
base: height 10 mm
- type:
- statue
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
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