Minsereh Figure

This resembles a minsereh, or min, figure, though the term has broadly been used to refer to any full-length carved female wooden figures. The figure is holding a bowl and wears a piece of imported manufactured cloth around her waist. She has a necklace, resembling a snake, around her neck.

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Further Information

• Type: Figures, sculpture
• Object: Minsereh Figure
• Materials: Wood, Vegetable, organic fibre, Textile
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: 650mm [H] x 170mm [W] x 160mm [C]
• Production Date: Pre 1962
• Associated Places: Ngiegboiya; Njama; Moyamba; Mogamba
• Associated People: V. K. Ndoko
• Museum: British Museum
• Accession Number: BM:Af.1962.9.1

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