Female Figure (nyeleni or jo nyeleni)
before 1932
Overall: 49.9 cm (19 5/8 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.161
Called nyeleni, the figure represented an idealized youthful female beauty. The nudity of the sculpture does not represent how a Bamana woman would dress, nor is it a study of an actual woman. Male initiates in the Jo society once used these figures in entertaining ceremonial...
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145955
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en
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1971.161
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