Oje Society Figure

This object is recorded by the Sierra Leone National Museum as a figure used by the Oje, Ode-lay, or Agungun, society in Freetown. The Oje society has Nigerian Yoruba origins and came to Sierra Leone via the liberated Africans , who settled in Freetown around the time of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 1807. The Krio are decedents of these people, however the Oje society is today enjoyed by people of many different backgrounds living in Sierra Leone's cities.

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Further Information

  • Type: Figures, sculpture
  • Object: Oje Society Figure
  • Materials: Wood
  • Culture Group: Krio
  • Dimensions: Unknown
  • Production Date: Pre 1965
  • Associated Places: Freetown
  • Associated People: Samuel Cassel (Carver)
  • Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
  • Accession Number: SLNM.1965.23.01

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