cma-african-art: Figure, possibly early 1400s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtThe most varied g
cma-african-art: Figure, possibly early 1400s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtThe 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.Size: Overall: 23.8 x 11.2 x 12.5 cm (9 3/8 x 4 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.)Medium: soapstone https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.29 -- source link
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