Hall of Man Series: Padaung Woman, (sculpture).

Hall of Man Series: Padaung Woman, (sculpture).

Hoffman, Malvina, 1885-1966, sculptor.

Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry, founder.

Hall of Man Series: Padaung Woman, (sculpture).

Padaung Woman, (sculpture).

Bronze with chocolate brown patina.

H. 13 in. (14 lbs.).

(On under edge of base, left:) BURMA (copyright symbol) M. HOFFMAN 1933 (On back, lower left-hand corner:) BED-RAS signed Founder's mark appears.

She has a round head, broad face, flat nose and oblique eyes. She wears a mushroom shaped metal decoration in her pierced ears. Her long hair which is coiled into loops at the top of her head is kept in place with a crescent shaped comb, two steel pins and a head band. Around her neck is a brass collar with 23 rings & a piece of cloth.

Figure female -- Bust

Ethnic -- Padaung

Glenbow Museum, 130-9th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta Canada T2G 0P3

Acquired from Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York 8/26/65.

Cat. No. B.65.70.22.

Glenbow Museum, 1989.

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