Minsereh (medicine figure)
Maker
Unknown, Mende
MediumFiber, wood
Dimensions22 1/8” x 7” x 6”
Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust
Object numberAF2002.1397.COP
DescriptionFemale minsereh (medicine figure) belonging to the Yassi Society, with five lobed hairdo, two thick neck rings, curved shoulders, flat hands with fingers indicated, full breasts, small, protruding naval, stocky hips and legs, and feet with toes indicated. She wears a striped blue and white, hand-woven, fringed loincloth. As well as small, yellow beads and a string of waist-beads with pairs of blue, orange, and red beads. The female figure depicts an ideal woman of the Sande (Bundu) Society.
ClassificationsCeremonial
Exhibitions
Gender and Society in Africa
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