Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

Ethiopia

paint on plaster

13 × 3 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (33 × 8.9 × 9.8 cm)

2013.242.1

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.

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SD 609 Restrictions: A1a Copyright

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Fuller Family
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