ANTHROPOMORPHIC STATUETTE DEPICTING A WOMAN CARRYING A JAR. Carved from a single piece of wood with polychrome pigment highlights (black, red, white, yellow,…

ANTHROPOMORPHIC STATUETTE DEPICTING A WOMAN CARRYING A JAR. Carved from a single piece of wood with polychrome pigment highlights (black, red, white, yellow, green). Dimensions: 68 cm tall. A standing woman holding a jar on her head, wearing a belt and jewelry (around her neck, wrists, and knees). Her neck is trilobed, a symbol of wealth, particularly in West Africa. This statuette of a water carrier illustrates Sidney Kasfir’s theory, which rejects the classification of market art as mere

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Bruxelles

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H 68 cm