Bamana

Staff top

Bamana, 1900

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Bamana

Staff top

Bamana, 1900

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.

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