Sculpture
29-94-44
From: Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 29-94-44 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Zaire |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Iconography | Woman |
Description | Wooden, female. With created headdress, the crest and outline over temples encrusted with shells, some missing. The neck is a very short column left by cutting a deep groove around the log from which the figure is carved, the shoulders and under side of the jaw being left flat. Features of face small, schematic, lower lip coalescing with chin. Breasts flat, triangular, navel prominent. Short legs strongly bent at knee. Extremities of limbs have been broken off or damaged. |
Height | 60 cm |
Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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