figure, carved

Standing female figure on a circular shaped base. The base has general chips along the edges with an obvious chipped section besides the true right foot of the figure. The base, on the back side of the figure, directly in the middle features a crack approximately 4.5cm in length. The figure stands with legs apart and feet only superficially carved on to the base. The female genitals, waist and belly button are defined. Both arms are bent upwards and held out in front and away from the body creating a ‘V’ shape with both hands joined at the finger tips in front of the chest/neck area. The fingers are superficially carved. The waist, torso and neck are the same width which leads into an ‘egg’ shaped head. The mouth is open and upturned in a ‘smile’ with tongue showing, the nose is defined with ‘flattened’ nostrils that leads up into two ‘button’ eyes situated closely together. The eyebrows and forehead protrudes out and over the eyes and leads into a ‘dome’ like head with slightly emphasised ears. From the back profile the buttocks are accentuated along with the calves, shoulder blades and arms. The true right arm of the sculpture show two vertical cracks (approximately 4cm long & approximately 3.5cm apart).