Carved wooden female figure for divination, on circular stand. [DCF Court Team 21/11/2002]

Collection type: Object
Description: Carved wooden female figure for divination, on circular stand. [DCF Court Team 21/11/2002]
Geographical reference: Sierra Leone
Africa > Western Africa > Sierra Leone
Cultural groups: Yassi
Person: Field collector William Clark; PRM source Mrs William Clark
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: By 1908
Acquisition information: Donated: 1908
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Height: max 338 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.23.2
Associated publications: A photograph of this figure on display was published in black and white as number 5 on page 45 of 'Twelve Workshop Styles in the Art of Sierra Leone', by Frederick Lamp, in Sierra Leone Studies at Birmingham 1988: Proceedings of the Fifth Birmingham Sierra Leone Studies Symposium, 15th-17th July 1988, Fircroft College, Birmingham, edited by Adam Jones, Peter K. Mitchell, and Margaret Peil, Birmingham: Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham (1990), pp. 43-67. The photograph was apparently included in an exhibition of photographs mounted at the conference. Photocopy in RDF. [JC 16 December 2011]