Standing female figure

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Description

wood, reddish brown patina, metal earrings, elaborate coiffure, scarification marks on abdomen and face, slightly dam., missing parts backside (coiffure), rep. (right elbow, base);
this figure represents a mature and accomplished Chokwe woman whose body scarifications testify that she has undergone various forms of female initiation.

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Comparing literature

Jordán, Manuel (ed.), Chokwe, München, London, New York 1998, ill. 112

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