Not Given, Côte d'Ivoire (not certain), Africa (not certain)
Accession Date:
28 Aug 1992
Collection Date:
1966
Notes:
PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. VETTED BY WILLIAM FAGG & LEON SIROTO FOR HMSG. FAGG DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS AN IMITATION OF A SENUFO PIECE. SIROTO CONSIDERED IT TO BE "NOT GOOD." JH PURCHASED AT J J KLEJMAN GALLERY IN NEW YORK IN 6/13/55. WAS EXHIBITED AT GREENWICH LIBRARY IN GREENWICH, CT IN MAY 7, 1967 TO (?) CARVED FROM 1 PIECE, WOODEN FIGURE HAS CYLINDRICAL BASE INSERTED INTO SEPARATE BLACK, RECTANGULAR WOODEN BASE. DEPICTS STANDING NUDE WOMAN W/ OVAL HEAD & A CRESTED HAIRSTYLE W/ THE FRONT PART JUTTING FORWARD. HAS CURVED BROWS, SLITTED EYES, STRAIGHT NOSE, PROTRUDING MOUTH, & BIG ROUND EARS. FACE COVERED W/ INCISED SCARIFICATION MARKS, PAINTED IN WHITE AND ORANGE. ELONGATED TORSO HAS HIGH BREASTS, PROTRUDING NAVEL, AND GENITAL DETAILS. SLENDER ARMS ARE AT SIDES, HANDS PLACED ON THIGHS. SLENDER LEGS SLIGHTLY APART AND CUT OFF AT ANKLES. TORSO AND BACK HAVE INCISED AND PAINTED SCARIFICATION MARKS IN ORANGE AND WHITE. CONDITION: BASE HAS SEVERAL SPLITS LENGTHWISE. SPLIT ALONG LEFT SIDE OF HEAD.
