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Standing Female Figure (minsereh)
Standing Female Figure (minsereh)

Standing Female Figure (minsereh)

Datecirca 1935
Associated withAfrica
MediumWood and paint
Dimensions19 × 6 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (48.3 × 17.1 × 14 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Benita Baird and Ron Barab
Object number2019.3.3
On View
On view
ProvenanceField collected by Joseph M. Baird in Liberia, 1960s; Benita Sue Baird and Ronald Evan Barab, Atlanta, GA; given to NCMA, 2019.
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