File:Brooklyn Museum 22.1137 Figure of Mother and Child Phemba.jpg

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English: Figure of Mother and Child (Phemba)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Figure of Mother and Child (Phemba)
Description
English: Figure of a mother seated cross-legged on square platform, supporting child with adult facial features on her lap with left hand under his head and right hand on his leg. When Mother's figure is frontal, her feet are side view; breasts are prominent as well as raised scarification marks on chest. Other similar scarification marks are on upper back. She wears a loin cloth, bracelets, and a band around the top of her bosom and around her biceps. Her eyes are open; her nostrils are wide; and her mouth displays a top row of teeth. Her coiffure is high, the top edge of which curves down behind a small set of ears. Wood is light with several cracks.
Date 19th century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Dimensions 11 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (30.0 x 7.0 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection
Accession number
22.1137
Credit line Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Notes
  • Culture: Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • possible Place made: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1137.jpg
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