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Object Number
43-28-50/5856.1
Display Title
Bronze female figurine
Descriptions
Object Description
Bronze female figurine with hands handcuffed behind - prisoner being tortured for some serious offense; unusual to be woman tho such common for man
Inventory Description
Bronze figurine, female, hands bound behind back, necklace and breechcloth
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1939 or earlier
Culture
- Gio?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
Kakata
Additional Geographic Terms
Monrovia, about 50 miles inland from
Materials
Bronze, Copper alloy
Dimensions
Overall: 22 x 9 x 5.5 cm (8 11/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
43-28-50/5856 & (green dot)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Thomas J. Jones, 1943
Provenance
Collector
Claude M. Rupel
(1939)
Intermediary
George Wolkins
Intermediary
Dr. Earnest Albert Hooton
Donor
Dr. Thomas J. Jones
(1943)
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