view: front

Description:

This carved female figure is seated and holds a pot or cup in her left hand and a staff in her right. The ears are pierced and a metal loop remains in the left while the right ear lobe has broken. The teeth appear to be filed but the front teeth are missing. The figure is wearing a skullcap showing geometric designs. What appear to be round metal nail heads are driven into this figure; one each above the knees, one on each breast, seven across the chest, one on each upper arm, five across the forehead and one on each upper cheekbone. Elaborate scarification patterning on the skin is highly visible on the torso and back.