Wooden Baboon

The Sierra Leone National Museum records describe this as a carving of a female baboon , a term often used in Sierra Leone to denote a chimpanzee. The figure is feeding a child, and carries a bowl on its head.

Further Information

  • Type: Figures, sculpture
  • Object: Wooden Baboon
  • Materials: Wood
  • Culture Group: Other
  • Dimensions: 520mm [H]
  • Production Date: Pre 1966
  • Associated Places: Unknown
  • Associated People: Unknown
  • Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
  • Accession Number: SLNM.1966.13.01

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