Female Bust

An unusual carved bust wearing a shoulder cloth and head tie of stained red cotton, decorated with cowrie shells. It resembles a Kissi, or Kisi, reliquary for a pompta or nomoli, similar to that found in the Glasgow Museums collections (GLAMG:A.1985.13.bk), although it does not have the same distinctive segmented neck. The Sierra Leone National Museum records describe it as a Juju figure, known as a yaibai.

Further Information

  • Type: Figures, sculpture
  • Object: Female Bust
  • Materials: Wood, Textile, Shell
  • Culture Group: Kisi
  • Dimensions: Unknown
  • Production Date: Pre 1964
  • Associated Places: Freetown
  • Associated People: Samuel Cassel (Carver)
  • Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
  • Accession Number: SLNM.1964.42.01

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