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Carved Cup (woman’s head)

Artwork title: Carved Cup (woman’s head)

Carved wood cup in the shape of woman's head, medium brown. Tall and slender overall shape with neck carved as base, head carved in middle, and wider basket carved on top. Hair, eyebrows, pupils, and edge of base painted black. Slender, vertical curved handles extend at sides of cup from chin and meet over head. Slender, vertical curved handle in back extends from back of neck and meets base of basket shape above head. Geometric, interwoven pattern carved around center of basket shape and around base of neck.

Artist: Kuba peoples

Sculptures
— Wood
11 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 4 in.
African
Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. John S. Ragland (Cherry) in memory of her parents The Reverend and Mrs. William T. Mulcay, Sr. who lived in the Belgian Congo for 18 years.
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