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ID number: BIRRC-D0279 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Standing figure Object type: Sculpture
Collector: Danford, John Materials: Light wood stained black Measurements: 63 cm tall
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Sculpture with ridge-like hair or cap and broad shoulders, arms at the side. Rectangular base. Concave features with 3 parallel facial marks (probably male). 'Senufo style', possibly from Ivory Coast or Mali but clearly a tourist piece conforming to no known tribal style. See D0245. Collected in Sierra Leone. Lent to the University by J. Danford in 1969 and consequently purchased in 1975.
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