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Object Number 2004.24.17155
Display Title Wooden image of De society
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden image of De Society. Liberia: Towai Section - Sali Town. Gio Tribe. Cat. No.: 37-77-50/2671. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 72, d.
Keywords
  • Effigy
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
Subject
  • Figurine
  • Figure
  • Wood
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / Kwida / Towai Town / Sali Section
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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