Object Number | 69-20-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Dan |
Provenience | Liberia |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Iconography | Female |
Description | Wooden. Standing with arms at sides, legs separated. Hair in two parallel ridges, each covered with a strip of braided raphia and held by nails. Carved face, eye slits. Four metal inset strips for upper teeth. Protruding lips. Long neck with incised bands circling it. More incised designs on back and front of figure. Pendulous breasts. Large flat feet. Unpainted. |
Height | 46 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from George D. Rodrigues, 1969 |
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