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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