Standing female figure ·  Sierra Leone, Mende · ID: 3036182

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Description

wood, upper part showing oily “sweaty” patina, regular facial features with protruding chin, crowned by an elaborate three-lobed coiffure, metal earrings, rep. (both foot tips broken), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
the neck rings are a sign for wealth and female beauty.

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Comparing literature

Preston-Blier, Suzanne (ed.), Art of the Senses, Boston 2004, p. 78, ill. 18

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Publications

Africa Museum (ed.), The pleasure of collecting African art, The Harrie Heinmans Collection, Berg en Dal 1986, p. 58, ill. 101 f.

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