Female Figure

Arts of Africa

Early/mid–20th century

Probably Hehe
Tanzania
Eastern and Southern Africa

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Hehe
Title: Female Figure
Place: Tanzania (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1900–1975
Medium: Wood and beads
Dimensions: 91.4 × 28.6 × 12.7 cm (36 × 11 1/4 × 5 in.)
Credit Line: Frederick W. Renshaw Acquisition Fund, partial gift of Dr. Gary Van Wyk and Lisa Brittan, African Art and Indian Art of the Americas Curator’s Discretionary Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. David B. Ross Endowment
Reference Number: 2011.43

Mussa Rugunda, N.J., by 2007; sold to Gary Van Wyk and Lisa Brittan, Axis Gallery, West Orange, N.J., 2007; sold and partial gift to the Art Institute, 2011.

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