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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