Male-Female Figure

This unusual wooden carved depicts a female from one side, and a male from the other. It resembles some of the known Limba Gbangbani figures in this respect, and well as stylistically. Such figures are, for example, not know to have a segmented necks and have similar simple facial and anatomical features.

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Further Information

  • Type: Figures, sculpture
  • Object: Male-Female Figure
  • Materials: Wood
  • Culture Group: Limba
  • Dimensions: 250mm [H]
  • Production Date: Pre 2010
  • Associated Places: Unknown
  • Associated People: Unknown
  • Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
  • Accession Number: SLNM.2010.036.04

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