Ethiopia

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Title
Ethiopia
Description
Painted plaster sculpture of a female figure standing with her right hand over her heart, her left arm straight against her side with her hand extended out. Her head is turned over her left shoulder. From the hips down her legs are bound as if mummified. She wears a veil that is draped over her head and falls over her shoulders and down her back. The veil is shaped to resemble a pharaonic headdress. The figure stands on a rectangular, slightly wedge shaped pedestal. The sculpture is painted to look like copper complete with a simulated greenish patina. (Smithsonian Collections Search Center)
Identifier
2013.242.1
Date
1921
Medium
Plasterwork
Format
13 × 3 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (33 × 8.9 × 9.8 cm)
Rights
© 2018 Smithsonian
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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller sculpture paint on plaster African diaspora