Standing Woman With Child

1971.13.0026

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Standing Woman With Child   (1971.13.0026)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Art
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date Colonial, 1900 - 1970
Culture Mende, Dan

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 51.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 13.2 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 9.8 cm
Weight 502 g
Measuring Remarks Width of the base.
Materials Plant--Wood, Pigment--Stain
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Staining
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography

Hawkes, Nicole A. African Art from Four Regions: Masks, Sculpture, and Ceremonial Objects from the Western Sudan, the Guinea Coast, Equatorial Africa, and the Congo Basin. Cambridge, MA: Hurst Gallery, 2002. Roy, Christopher. Art and Life in Africa: Selections from the Stanley Collection, Exhibitions of 1985 and 1992. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Purchase
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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