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  Worldvisitguide > Places > Metropolitan Museum... > Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas > Africa > Shrine Figure and Headdress
Shrine Figure and Headdress
Artist : Anonyme

Date : between the XIXth and the XXth century

Material : Leather, Wood
Acquisition : Gift of Nelson A. Rockfeller (1964)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Africa
Left - Ground Floor - Section 1
A-tshol
Item 24 on 42
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Sculpture (Figure)

Vitrine : 4

Area related
Guinée


Description   

A-tshol, qui protège et guérit la communauté, est conservé dans un sanctuaire. En de très rare occasion, il est porté sur la tête d'un danseur pour accompagner ses mouvements.
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