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One-legged Jinn

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  • Title One-legged Jinn
  • Category Sculpture
  • Medium Blackened soft wood
  • Dimensions 44"h x 3.25"w x 3"d
  • Year Completed Undated
  • Notes This piece was made by a well-known Kpelle carver named Yulong who lived in Sinyee village near Cuttington University in Liberia. Yulong said the carving represented a destructive one-legged jinni that ate rice from the fields just as they were about to be harvested.
  • Artist Unknown Yuloung Liberian d. C.1990s
  • Credit John and Janet Yoder Collection
  • Location Lied Art Center 202
  • Accession Number 2022.0155
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