| Object Number |
AF5365 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Bambara |
| Provenience |
Mali |
| Section |
African |
| Materials |
Wood |
| Iconography |
Woman | Stool | Cicatrisation |
| Description |
Wooden figure of a female. Seated on a stool. Narrow face, high curved nose, prominent conical breasts. |
| Height |
53.2 cm |
| Length |
20.7 cm |
| Width |
13.5 cm |
| Credit Line |
Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number |
063 - Cast Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Hall, Henry U. "Two Wooden Statuettes from French West Africa." The Museum Journal 18, no. 2. (1927): 174-187. See: p. 174-179 |
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| Wingert, Paul S. African Negro Sculpture. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, 1948. See: Page 27 |
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| Plass, Margaret B. African Tribal Sculpture. The University Museum, 1956. Page/Fig./Plate: 16 |
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| Reproductions. The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 21 |
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| Bascom, William R. African Art in Cultural Perspective: An Introduction. W. W. Norton & Company, 1973. Page/Fig./Plate: 196 See: p. 35, fig. 5 |
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| Wardwell, Allen. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986. See: p. 34-35, fig. 2 |
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| Dougherty, Frank. "African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News." . (21 Nov 1986): 1-15. Page/Fig./Plate: 1, A12 |
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| Colleyn, Jean-Paul. Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali. New York: Museum for African Art, 2001. Page/Fig./Plate: 159 |
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