Hammock bar, ca 1890/1900 · Sierra Leone, Mende · ID: 3043146
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Provenance
Old British CollectionSize
H: 26 cm
B: 28 cm
H: 10.2 inch
B: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, shiny dark brown patina, log with eyelets at both ends, human heads attached with wooden chain links, both carved with nearly identical facial features and grooved neck, coiffure/resp. headgear varied, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base
Comparing literature
Krieger, Kurt, Westafrikanische Plastik, Bd. II, Berlin 1969, ill. 38 Hommel, William, Art of the Mende, University of Maryland 1974, ill. 75