File:Brooklyn Museum 69.39.1 Figure of a Standing Female (3).jpg
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English: Figure of a Standing Female ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Figure of a Standing Female |
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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. |
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Date |
English: late 19th or early 20th century |
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Dimensions | 22in. (55.9cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q632682 |
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Credit line | Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund and Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, by exchange | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 69.39.1_bw.jpg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Brooklyn Museum
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