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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Artist/Maker Kissi people Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea
Dateprior to the mid 15th century
CultureKissi
Mediumstone
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (14 x 4.1 x 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Alan Potamkin
Terms
    Object number2007.48.16
    On View
    On view
    Collections
    • Art of Africa
    DescriptionThis is probably from the pre-Kissi inhabitants. The practice of carving stone images seems to have ceased by the time the Portuguese arrived in the mid 15th century. This figure is in the Pomdo style, which refers to the vertically orientation, as opposed to the Namoli style with jutting horizontal head attributed to the Sapi who were pre-Portuguese inhabitants closer to the coast.
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Guardian Figure
    Kissi people
    possibly 15th to 16th century
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    A Man of Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego, and A Woman of Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego
    Artist Unknown
    1784-1786
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    Funerary Head
    Akan people
    probably 18th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Funerary Head
    Akan people
    late 19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Head
    Akan people
    19th to early 20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Head Fragment
    Tumaco-La Tolita
    300 BCE-200 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Male Coquero Figure
    Nariño-Carchi
    400-1532
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Head Fragment
    Tumaco-La Tolita
    300 BCE-200 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Head Fragment
    Tumaco-La Tolita
    300 BCE-200 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Head Fragment
    Tumaco-La Tolita
    300 BCE-200 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Ancestral Stool (Erhe)
    Benin Kingdom
    probably 19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Dame turque sur divan
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    ca. 1860-1889 (printed 1992)
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