Female Statue
Fang · Gabon
Reference: EFM-57
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- Height
- 68 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
A slender statue that conveys all the beauty of the fang woman.The nakedness of the woman is enhanced by generous breasts, a bell-bell and a prominent…
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Full original description
A slender statue that conveys all the beauty of the fang woman.The nakedness of the woman is enhanced by generous breasts, a bell-bell and a prominent navel, thus highlighting her femininity and the most characteristic values of a future motherhood. The ritual scarifications that travel through her body are the only attire with which she covers her nakedness and indicates that she is an initiate woman. Touched from which two pointed thugs come out, on both sides of the head. Soft but well-defined lines accentuate the aesthetic value of this work, characteristic of the FangEverything is little to enhance the beauty of women. The woman is mother, wife, adulterer, priestess, scissor, cultivator and sometimes sorcerer. It is present both in myths and in daily activities. She gives life, makes the fields fruitful, educates the children and in many cultures transmits the inheritance. Brown patina.
Further technical information
- Width
- 11 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Gabon. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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