Female nomoli figure of carved steatite

Made:
1501-1700 in Sierra Leone
Female nomoli figure of carved steatite Female nomoli figure of carved steatite Female nomoli figure of carved steatite

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Female nomoli figure of carved steatite
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Female nomoli figure of carved steatite
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Female nomoli figure of carved steatite
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Female nomoli figure of carved steatite, probably from Sierra Leone, collected by Gen Arthur Paget during Ashanti wars, 1501-1700

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A175314
Materials:
steatite and wood
type:
statues
credit:
Glendining