Sculpture
37-22-280
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bamba
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-280 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bamba |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Iconography | Female |
| Description | Full-length figure of a woman wearing only necklace [with charms], girdle, and boots. The coiffure is rather elaborate, and crowned with two leaf-shaped ornaments. There are two "neck rings" [see 37-22-268], one of which is divided at the back. A guardian of the Yasi Society "medicine": see 37-22-279. Separate "medicine" bowls are provided for figures like these; cf 37-22-281. |
| Height | 59 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 84 - Collector Number | 47 - Other Number |
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