Standing female figure with receptacle

Description

wood, blotched greyish-brown patina with traces of black paint, the navel especially accentuated, band ornaments with incised zigzag-patterns on body and face, carrying a round receptacle with lid on the head, slightly dam., small missing parts (nose, hands, back), cracks, socle;
the bowl as a symbol for the traditional role of women, whose task is, to provide their man with food. Presumably carved in order of a man/widower who asks his ancestors for sending him a traditional woman.