Figure

Description

Carved woooden standing female figure covered in black pigment, with high crested coiffure, rings around the neck, holding her breasts and with bent knees, with strings of white beads wrapped around the waist and a necklace of black and white beads, the eyes and mouth are overlaid with metal plates and cicatrisation patterns on the torso and chest: Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Temne or Mende people, collected 1843 - 1844, early 1840s

Museum reference

A.1956.1159

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Figure

Production information

Unknown
Sierra Leone, Western Africa

Date

Early 1840s

Style / Culture

Temne
Mende

Materials

Wood, Metal, Glass

Physical description

Dark brown wood; girdle of white beads around waist, necklace of blue and black beads

Exhibitions

• Artistic Legacies (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Artistic Legacies (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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