Female Bust

An unusual carved female bust wearing shoulder cloths of stained cream, and red, cotton, along with a printed head-tie. She has a ribbed hair design under the scarf, and wears brass earrings. She is also wearing a cowrie shell necklace, with a glass imitation leopards tooth. Although the Glasgow Museum catalogue notes that this is a Mende figure, it rather resembles a Kissi, or Kisi, reliquary for a pompta or nomoli.

Further Information

• Type: Figures, sculpture
• Object: Female Bust
• Materials: Wood, Textile
• Culture Group: Mende, Kisi
• Dimensions: 375mm [H] x 335mm x 250mm
• Production Date: Pre 1960
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Guy Massie-Taylor (Collector)
• Museum: Glasgow Museums
• Accession Number: GLAMG:A.1985.13.bk

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