Standing female figure

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Description

wood, middle brown patina, black paint in some areas, closed contours, tribe-typical facial features and dotted scarification marks, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base;
female statuettes carved in the classical Chokwe style are much rarer than male ones. 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

Bastin, Marie-Louise, La sculpture Tshokwe, Gossau 1982, p. 171

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