Unidentified

Jo Society Standing Female Figure (jonyeleni or nyeleni)

n.d.

Category
Culture
Bamana
Place Made
Mali: Central Bamana Region
Materials
Wood, string, cowrie shell, iron
Measurements
24 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.; 60.96 x 19.05 x 19.05 cm
Credit Line
Bequest of Victor K. Kiam
Location
Sadie and Oliver Billion Gallery, African Art; Wall Case 14
Accession #
77.254
Description

Female figure on round platform with short, slightly bent legs, protruding torso, projecting breasts, and arms curving forward at sides. Triangular hands, protruding front of neck, triangular head with broad grooved mouth and iron insets for eyes, striated tent-like coiffure, conical pierced ears with shell and strinng attaached on proper right and fiber on proper left, and geometric incised markings on body.