A fine Attie female figure

standing on wedge-shaped feet, with rounded calves and buttocks leading to the stout torso with raised scarification at the center and pointed breasts, the arms held out to the sides with the hands turned back, the long ridged neck supporting a head with a gentle tilt and soft rounded features and serene expression decorated with raised scarification beneath the dentil-molded diadem and wearing an elaboratley upswept, plaited coiffure; '169A' in white pigment; deep brown patina overall.

Acquired from Merton D. Simpson, New York, June 10, 1965

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Museum, Selections from The William W. Brill Colllection of African Art, May 5 - August 31, 1969 (for additional venues see bibliography, Milwaukee 1969)

Gillon 1979: 65, figure 58

Cf. Loudmer, Drouot, Paris, June 27-28, 1991, lot 153 for a closely related figure, formerly in the Arman Collection.