Carved wooden ancestral figure

Carved wooden ancestral figure, tall, slim upright female

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Carved wooden ancestral figure, tall, slim upright female
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Carved wooden ancestral figure, tall, slim upright female, with pendulous breasts and elaborate scarification, arms clutching the stomach, wearing glass bead necklace and girdle, placed in or near graves, probably Baule, Ivory Coast, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A114485
Materials:
wood and beads, glass
type:
statues
credit:
Sotheby's