Sujet

Female figure, Early 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Ivory standing female figure on a square base holding a plain, broad C-shaped object in her proper right hand, with a center crest hairstyle, a representation of strands of beads at the neck, waist, wrists and ankles, an interlace motif on the sides of the base and scarification marks on the forehead and torso. The figure has an inlay in the proper left eye, forehead and a proper right forehead keloid.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A89_076

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

6,8Mo (313,8Ko) / 10,2cm x 16,7cm / 1203 x 1975 (300dpi)

Mots clés

figure sculpture Unknown art arts century location people 19th century female nineteenth century Heritage Art Africa African artefact artifact continent education educational institution National Museum of African Art scientific institution Smithsonian Institution Early 19th century 19th-century carved carving figure ivory sculpture statue statues