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ID number: BIRRC-D0243 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Figure Object type: Sculpture
Culture: Possibly Bambara Place collected: Africa: West Africa, Sierre Leone Collector: Danford, John Materials: Elephant (?) bone and cowrie shells Measurements: 35 x 13 cm
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The two cowrie shells are inset as eyes. W. Fagg (29/01/71) doubted if this piece was Bambara. He described it as 'merely a curiosity'. Collected in Sierra Lione 1966-7.
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