Wooden Figure Wooden Figure

Wooden Figure

A wooden carving, likely to represent a male figure, with scarification marks on its cheeks. The Sierra Leone National Museum catalogue describes it as a medicine figure .

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Further Information

  • Type: Figures, sculpture, Religious/ritual equipment, charms
  • Object: Wooden Figure
  • Materials: Wood
  • Culture Group: Other
  • Dimensions: 495mm
  • Production Date: Pre 1974
  • Associated Places: Lunsar
  • Associated People: Amadu Bah
  • Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
  • Accession Number: SLNM.1974.03.01

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