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

Artist/Maker (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea)
Datepossibly 15th to 16th century
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
    DescriptionThis figure may be a Pomdo, made by the ancestors of the Kissi people of Sierra Leone.
    On View
    Not on view
    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Kissi people
    prior to the mid 15th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Fang people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bassa people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Kissi people
    collected between 1960-1973
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Lobi people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Lobi people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Guro people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Ibibio people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Fon people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Fon people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Dan people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Luba people
    not dated