Hip-length Figure of a Woman

CultureBaga peoples

Date20th century

MediumWood with paint traces

DimensionsOverall: 35 3/4 × 9 × 7 inches (90.81 × 22.86 × 17.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Adams

Object number74-38

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

DescriptionHip-length female figure with post-like base mounted on metal stand. Elongated neck and head, bulging eyes, protruding stylized ears, and long dangling hairdo with horns extending vertically from head. Arms at sides with fingers touching tips of breasts. Raised impressions of arm bracelets on upper arms, and of "suspenders" crossed over back and front of figure; decorative bands around bottom of "skirt".Provenance

Provenance

With Mathias Komor, New York, stock no. M859 [1];

William Howard (b. 1926) and Janet Woodbury (d. 1991) Adams, Washington, DC, by December 1974;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1974.

NOTES:

[1] Mathias Komor’s inventory label is on the back of the object.

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