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Guardian Figure
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Guardian Figure

Artist/Maker Kissi people Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea
Datepossibly 15th to 16th century
CultureKissi
Mediumsoapstone and encrustation
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (14 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Professor and Mrs. Robert R. Ferens
Terms
    Object number91.0071
    On View
    Not on view
    Collections
    • Art of Africa
    DescriptionThis figure may be a Pomdo, made by the ancestors of the Kissi people of Sierra Leone.
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