Standing Female
Date19th/20th Century
MediumWood, copper, beads, metal, and glass
ClassificationsSculpture
Dimensions6 inches × 20 3/8 inches × 4 7/8 inches (15.24 × 51.75 × 12.38 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Robert H. Tannahill
Object number70.46
DescriptionWooden female figure, darkened black, with copper nose ring and bead anklets. Stylized forms. Hair crested from front to back in helmet style. Eyes are squares of metal painted over in black. Flat nose with large nostrils and ring. Mouth and chin combine. Flat rounded shoulders, thin hanging arms with flat hands not delineated. Large conical breasts, thin torso with peak at navel. Big round buttocks, stocky legs. Feet barely delineated out of thin circular base. Painted leather strips bound around calves Two anklets on right leg, one on left.On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 2, African, Gallery 1
19th/20th Century
c. 1900
c. 1880
19th Century
c. 1860
900 BC
1st Century AD
4th/6th Century AD
907/1053
1897
late 19th Century