Carved wooden "Minserch" figure of female sitting on stool

Made:
1860-1910 in Sierra Leone
Carved wooden Minserch' figure of female sitting on stool

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Carved wooden Minserch' figure of female sitting on stool
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Carved wooden "Minserch" figure of female sitting on stool, legs turned into body, showing umbilical hernia, Sherbro tribe, maker, Sierra Leone, 1860-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A9784
Measurements:
overall: 6.75 kg
type:
statue