Bamana
Staff top
Bamana, 1900-1932
Scroll
Bamana
Staff top
Bamana, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Wood, metal, beads, string, 10 1/4 × 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (26 × 5 × 5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard A. Jackson, Massapequa, New York
Object Number
1992.115
Female bust with blue beads in top and bottom of ears and blue and color beads through nose. Nail heads for eyes, white bead necklace. 3 vertical scars on forehead, and on each temple. Row of diamonds above marks on temple. Area below breasts carved with registers of vertical lines, zig zags and diamonds. Sides incised with 2 'X's, back incised with vertical and horizontal lines.
