Images(4)

Figural Group

Maker Unknown, Baule

MediumBrass/Bronze

Dimensions6 1/2” x 3 1/2” x 3 1/2”

Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust

Object numberAF2002.0475.COP

DescriptionFigure group of important woman with a rattle, depicted larger than her retainers. Those at the back play a drum and blow a side-blown trumpet. The one at the center front carries a child, while another carries a knife and severed head.

ClassificationsMetalworks

Collections

Exhibitions

Gender and Society in Africa

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