Three-dimensional carved wooden female figure

Made:
1880-1920 in Sierra Leone
Three-dimensional carved wooden female figure

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Three-dimensional carved wooden female figure
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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
Materials:
wood and beads
type:
statue
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)