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Female figure
Female figure

Female figure

Object number81.17.115
Provenance[Ian Arundel, Los Angeles, California]; purchased from gallery by Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1971; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1981
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., p. 24, reproduced pl. 29 (as standing female).
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions16 5/16 x 5 7/8 x 3 15/16 in. (41.5 x 15 x 10 cm)
MediumWood and metal
Photo: Paul Macapia
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