Sculpture
29-12-107
From: Gabon
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 29-12-107 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Fang |
| Provenience | Gabon |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Iconography | Woman |
| Description | Female. Wood. Face whitened, lips red. Incrustation of same white chalk or pipeclay as that used for whitening face partly covers region of mouth. Embedded in this the remains (2) of pupa of insect (cockroach?). For charring of certain features cf. 29-12-109. |
| Height | 31.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929 |
| Other Number | 106 - Other Number |
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