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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:African; Liberian
Title:Sapi (or Kissi) Figure
Date Made:20th century
Type:Sculpture
Materials:carved soapstone
Place Made:Liberia; Sierra Leona; Monrovia
Measurements:12 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.; 31.4325 x 16.51 x 17.145 cm
Narrative Inscription:  unmarked
Accession Number:  SC 2005.7.10
Credit Line:Gift of Gretchen and Richard Swibold
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
squat standing figure with large head, nostrils and protruding eye wearing a coiled snake on his head (which surrounds a large bowl-like indentation in head) with a second smaller snake diagonally across his back

Tags:
animals

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