File:Brooklyn Museum 69.39.1 Figure of a Standing Female.jpg

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English: Figure of a Standing Female   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Figure of a Standing Female
Description
English: Standing female figure. Elongated narrow head with crested coiffure. Long thin nose with bridge extending up through center of forehead. Incising on cheeks, stomach and neck, "braids" hanging in front of ears. Hanging breasts, protruding navel, hands rest at leg joint, knees slightly bent. Long slender feet with incised toes, feet connected to crude roundish base. Dark painted base. CONDITION: Good; cracks throughout, some chips in face area and at feet.
English: This female figure illustrates the ability of Dogon sculptors to translate the human form into geometric volumes. In profile, the figure's neckline, breasts, belly, buttocks, and legs are a series of diagonal lines.
Date
English: late 19th or early 20th century
Dimensions 22in. (55.9cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection
Accession number
69.39.1
Credit line Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund and Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, by exchange
Notes
  • Culture: Mopti Region, Mali
  • Place made: Mopti Region, Mali
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.69.39.1_front_PS5.jpg
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