Squatting female stone figure "pomdo" or "nomoli" · Sierra Leone, Kissi · ID: 3046378
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Thomas Halling, Lund, Sweden (around 2002)Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Size
H: 15 cm
H: 5.9 inch
Description
soapstone,
These stone figures were not made by the Kissi themselves, but were accidentally brought to light during field work. They are the only known remains of an empire that existed hundreds of years ago in present-day Sierra Leone and Liberia.