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Figure
possibly early 1400s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The most varied group of soapstone figures and heads has been found in the homelands of the Kissi. Calling them pomda ("images of the dead"), the Kissi placed them in ancestral shrines, offering them the last seeds at sowing times and the first fruits of the harvest. However, the sculptures are believed to have been made centuries ago by the ancestors of the Kissi, the so-called Sapi people.
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Details
- Title: Figure
- Date Created: possibly early 1400s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 23.8 x 11.2 x 12.5 cm (9 3/8 x 4 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: Heim, Paris, Heim, Paris; Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Munro
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.29
- Medium: soapstone
- Department: African Art
- Culture: Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Sapi-style carver
- Credit Line: Gift of Lucile Munro in memory of her husband Thomas Munro, Curator of Education from 1931 to 1967
- Collection: African Art
- Accession Number: 1976.29
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