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Standing Female Figure

Maker Unknown, Baule

MediumPigment, wood

Dimensions32 H x 9.5 W x 9 D cm

Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust

Object numberAF2002.0280.COP

DescriptionFemale standing figure with crested hairdo with linear hair strands indicated, C shaped ears, continuous eyebrows and nose, rimmed eyes, slightly protruding mouth with triangular teeth displayed. There is a horizontal scar on each cheek, three horizontal keloid scars on neck and three vertical keloid scars at the back of the neck. The figure is depicted with a carved loincloth and two strands of waist beads as well as black slippers on her feet. Her hands are held at her sides separate from body. The entire figure has a red pigment with black hair and black slippers. According to S. Vogel (2014) this is made in a style that was new in the 1950s.

ClassificationsSculpture

Collections

Exhibitions

Gender and Society in Africa

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