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Soldier with hat and rifle

20th century
20th C.
Africa, Sierra Leone
30 x 9-1/2 x 9 in. (76.2 x 24.1 x 22.9 cm)

By (primary)
Artist unknown

Culture/People: Mende peoples

Medium: Wood

Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Ralph and Marilyn Spiegl

Accession Number: 1978.89

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male
Referring to the sex that in reproduction normally produces sperm cells or male gametes. RHDEL2 [January 1991 descriptor added.]

men
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males
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Mende

soldiers
Use generally for those belonging to an army, whether that of a sovereign state, a faction or division within a sovereign state, or of an individual leader. Use also specifically for military personnel of enlisted rank, as distinguished from commissioned officers. For those trained for or engaged in the physical combat of warfare and sanctioned in that function by the society or group for which they fight, irrespective of actual membership in an army, use "warriors." [November 1997 scope note changed; related term added. November 1996 related term deleted, was "knights (landholders)". February 1993 scope note changed; descriptor moved. December 1992 related terms added; alternate term added. November 1990 descriptor added.]

warriors
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soldier's
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soldier
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armies
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soldiers'
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artillery
Firearms generally having a bore of over 1 inch in diameter, designed to be supported on a gun mount or carriage when operated and requiring a crew of at least two people.

guns
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guns (artillery)
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ordnance
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gun mounts
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machine guns
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gun carriages
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