Figure; standing female; dark stained wood; damaged on right side; slashes incised over body; height 52.5 cm
Donor:
William Neufeld
Collection place:
Sierra Leone
Verbatim coll. place:
Sierra Leone/ Liberia; Mende
Culture or time period:
Mende
Object type:
ethnography
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
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1981-1982 #62: Kaiser (April 30, 1982–July 12, 1982)