A Mende female figure

standing on a circular base the bowed legs leading to voluptuous hips, a slender waist and dome-like shoulders supporting pendulous breasts framed by elongated arms with hands to the front, the tall undulating neck supporting the face with delicate features and a bi-lobed coiffure; '618' in white pigment; fine blackened patina.

John and Nicole Dintenfass, New York

Cf. Hommel (1974: figure 50) for a closely related healing figure.