Female Figure (bimbi)

Artist Bembe artist

Date20th century

MediumWood and porcelain

Dimensions4 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 2 5/8 in. (12.4 x 5.4 x 6.7 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of Lee and Dona Bronson

Object numberG.78.29.9

On View

On view

Published ReferencesJoseph Cornet, A Survey of Zairian Art: The Bronson Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1978), cat. no. 38, illus. (b-w) 87.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “A Survey of Zairian Art: The Bronson Collection,” April 23-June 4, 1978; Washington, DC, Museum of African Art, October 1-June 15, 1978; Los Angeles, CA, Museum of Natural History, February 28-September 15, 1979, cat. no. 38, illus. (b-w) 87.

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