Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands: Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe

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Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe

• Culture: Kongo (Yombe subgroup)
• Medium: Wood, pigment, glass mirror, fiber, copper alloy
• Possible Place Made: Kongo Central Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Dates: 19th century
• Dimensions: 9 13/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 3/4 in. (25 x 10 x 9.5 cm)
• Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 22.1426
• Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
• Image: Overall, 22.1426_edited_version_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Kongo (Yombe subgroup). Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe, 19th century. Wood, pigment, glass mirror, fiber, copper alloy, 9 13/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 3/4 in. (25 x 10 x 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1426 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1426_edited_version_SL1.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Female figure holding a tobacco pipe at waist partly open mouth showing teeth. Double string of white beads around neck. Glass mirror at umbilical area. Nicks in a decorative pattern (scarification on upper back). Necklace (no longer around neck) has five miniature standing figures on a wire with remnants of green fiber. Each figure holds bottom lip with both hands. The two large and three small figures are strung on wire through space between neck and hands. Each has a crested headdress and a raised carving (keloid, possibly) on forehead. Condition: Left wrist cracked, headdress broken.