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Male figure

Sculpture

Full figure of a man wearing a traditional cap, beads around his neck,a knife and scabbard on a cord hanging below his left shoulder, and holding a staff in his left hand. He is dressed in a real textile loin cloth. He is decorated with live plants on a regular basis, which are allowed to dry and remain hanging around his neck until they are refreshed with new garlands.

2014.01.06

Wood

textile

plant fiber

This figure stands in an inner courtyard of the Palace in Kumbo as an example of a Mfu (warrior) society member.

Unknown

142 cm

43 cm

H: 142 cm W: 43 cm