Figure / man

Description

Wooden figure of a man with high helmet-shaped coiffure and cicatrice marks on face, seated on a stool and playing upon a drum held between the knees: West Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule people

Museum reference

A.1951.156

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Figure / man

Production information

Ivory Coast, Western Africa

Style / Culture

Baule

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Wood

Associations

Ohly, Ernest (Ernst) Jacob Felix, 1920 - 2008
Ohly, William Ferdinand Charles, 1883 - 1955

Exhibitions

• Man and Music (16 Aug 1983 - 15 Jan 1984)
  Royal Scottish Museum