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Carved Bust (woman)

Artwork title: Carved Bust (woman)

Carved ebony bust of woman. Double bands wrap around hairline and around hair at top and back of head. Hair gathered to back of head forms wide, oblong-shaped coiffure. Small wedges carved throughout hair suggest texture. Fine, zig-zag lines etched onto surface vertically from top of hairline to nose, horizontally over each eye and across each cheek, and around mouth. Double zig-zag lines etched across front and back of neck and shoulders.

Kuba peoples

Sculptures
— Wood
17 x 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 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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