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Figure of a Woman

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Horniman Museum and Gardens

Figure of a Woman
Figure of a Woman
Figure of a Woman
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The woman is carrying a basket loaded with fruit, from a tumpline or headband and a child sits on the basket with its legs hanging in front of the woman's shoulders. There is an anklet on the child's left leg and the right foot is missing. The woman is carrying a gourd by a strap in her left hand, and another object (missing) in her right hand. She is dressed in a dark blue gathered skirt and a short-sleeved loose upper garment gathered by a waistband, with a rectangular panel at the front. The child is in blue with a button hat.

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Forest Hill

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Title

Figure of a Woman

Date

before 1924

Medium

wood

Measurements

H 35.6 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

1982.128iv

Acquisition method

transferred to the Horniman Museum

Work type

Sculpture

Inscription description

labelled: British Empire Exhibition 1924

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