Sherbro Figure

This carved wooden female figure is described by the Sierra Leone Museum catalogue as a fertility figure , indicated by emphasis placed on the figures stomach, by its hands. Her hair is worn in two bunches, and she has scarification marks on either cheek.

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Further Information

• Type: Figures, sculpture
• Object: Sherbro Figure
• Materials: Wood
• Culture Group: Sherbro
• Dimensions: Unknown
• Production Date: Pre 1974
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Alhaji Mohammed (Trader)
• Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
• Accession Number: SLNM.1974.02.01

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