Unidentified

Yassi Society Medicine Figure (minsereh)

late 19th-early 20th century

Category
Culture
Sherbro or Mende
Place Made
Sierra Leone
Materials
Wood, iron
Measurements
23 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 5 7/8 in (59.69 x 19.05 x 14.9225 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Victor K. Kiam
Accession #
77.153
Description

Wide-spread legs, feet standing on mounded domed base, arms resting on abstracted hips, rounded shoulders, truncated body with flat bottom, small pointed conical breasts, round disc-like flat head, crescent-shaped metal inserts for earrings, elaborate striated hairdo, ridge neck, incised scarification circles on upper chest and abdomen, scarification on buttocks, highly abstracted body; old label on base.