Figure Item Number: 3522/46 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Carved stone figure in crouching position. Figure has a pronounced brow over deep eye sockets; eyes are bulging, eyebrows done in relief. Nose is long and hooked; lips are straight and protruding. Raised ridges, consisting of square and oval-like shapes, carved across head, imitating hair(?). Arms are held tightly against body with hands resting on top of knees. Buttocks and shoulder blades carved in relief.
Nomoli figures are placed near homes and in crop fields as a form of protection, in the belief that the nomoli will bring good health and good harvests.
The donor taught in a rural school in Tobli, eastern Liberia, from 1965 to 1967.