Figure / woman

Description

Carved wooden female figure, with domical headdress, neck rings and wire earrings, used by the Bundu Society: West Africa, Sierra Leone, Mende people

Museum reference

A.1922.462

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Figure / woman

Production information

Sierra Leone, Western Africa

Style / Culture

Bundu Society, Mende

Materials

Wood, Wire

Physical description

Blackened wood; circular domical headdress; wire earrings