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Yombe. <em>Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1426_edited_version_SL1.jpg)
Yombe. 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1426_edited_version_SL1.jpg)
Yombe. <em>Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1426_edited_version_SL1.jpg)

Yombe. 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1426_edited_version_SL1.jpg)

Yombe. <em>Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1426_print_threequarter_bw.jpg)

Yombe. 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1426_print_threequarter_bw.jpg)

Yombe. <em>Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1426_threequarter_PS5.jpg)

Yombe. 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1426_threequarter_PS5.jpg)

Yombe. <em>Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1426_bw.jpg)

Yombe. 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1426_bw.jpg)

Yombe. <em>Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1426_back_PS5.jpg)

Yombe. 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1426_back_PS5.jpg)

Yombe. <em>Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1426_detail_PS5.jpg)

Yombe. 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1426_detail_PS5.jpg)

Yombe. <em>Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1426_front_PS5.jpg)

Yombe. 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1426_front_PS5.jpg)

Yombe. <em>Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1426_side_PS5.jpg)

Yombe. 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1426_side_PS5.jpg)

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Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Yombe
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)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    ACCESSION NUMBER 22.1426
    CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
    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.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Yombe. 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1426_edited_version_SL1.jpg)
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    Yombe. <em>Kneeling Woman Holding a Pipe</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1426_edited_version_SL1.jpg)

    TAGS

    Africa
    African
    African art
    Ancestors
    animated
    Cap
    carved
    Female Figure
    kneeling figure
    Kongo
    Kongo, Yombe
    Mouth
    Mpu
    Naturalism
    Offering
    Pipe
    sculpture
    Status
    Tobacco
    woman
    wooden
    Yombe

    TAGS

    Africa
    African
    African art
    Ancestors
    animated
    Cap
    carved
    Female Figure
    kneeling figure
    Kongo
    Kongo, Yombe
    Mouth
    Mpu
    Naturalism
    Offering
    Pipe
    sculpture
    Status
    Tobacco
    woman
    wooden
    Yombe

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