Object class: Figurines / Collection place: Sierra Leone / Culture or time period: Western African cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Figurines Collection place Sierra Leone Culture or time period Western African cultures

1. Carved female figure

Museum number:: 5-13578
Culture or time period:: Mende
Object class:: Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Sierra Leone

2. Carved wooden figurine

Museum number:: 5-12999
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Shenge, Sierra Leone

3. Figurine

Museum number:: 5-14050
Culture or time period:: Mende
Object class:: Figurines and Plaited weaving
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Sierra Leone

4. Figurine

Museum number:: 5-2591
Culture or time period:: Mende
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 42.85 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1943-1944

5. Figurine

Museum number:: 5-14040
Culture or time period:: Mende
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Sierra Leone

6. Human figurine

Museum number:: 5-14035
Culture or time period:: Mende
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Sierra Leone