Carved Twin Figure

The original Sierra Leone National Museum accession registers record this as a Twin Figure from Pendembu. The register further records that it was Used to represent a dead twin and given all the care received by the surviving twin to prevent the spirit of the deceased from harming the living twin . The scarification markings are hairstyle are thought to be typical of the Kpaa Mendi and Kono. The figure wears an ear-ring on its right ear, and is carved with a waist band and shoes. It was donated to the Museum by Elizabeth Hirst, a Senior Lecturer in Education at Fourah Bay College.

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Further Information

  • Type: Figures, sculpture
  • Object: Carved Twin Figure
  • Materials: Wood, Metal
  • Culture Group: Mende, Kono
  • Dimensions: Unknown
  • Production Date: Pre 1956
  • Associated Places: Pendembu (Palce collected)
  • Associated People: Elizabeth Hirst, Fourah Bay College
  • Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
  • Accession Number: SLNM.1956.08.05

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