Female Gable Figure :: Essays Papers

female Gable Figure pistillate Gable Figure (Dilukai), 19th- early twentieth century Belauan Wood, paint, Kaolin (Chinese Clay) The piece of work I selected caught my attention as soon as I set eyes on it. It is Female Gable Figure (Dilukai) a 25 2/3-inch high wooden figure of a nude woman with her arms straddled. The piece seemed to be precise crudely d integrity. It appe bed to be chiseled, very abstracted and very unrealistic. Her hair appears to be in a bun, her face has no expression. The arms that lead low to her knees and upper torso look detachable. The teats are triangular and the left breast is lopsided. There is also an additional piece of wood around the subvert part of the left arm. The legs are apart and the under half of the leg in a darker color. The womans exposed genitals are represented by a large dark colored triangle. The mechanic carved the womans vagina in vivid detail jumper cable me to believe this sculpture was used for some sexual purpose. T he figure appears on a wall in the museum however, due to the name of the piece I imagine this piece would have been mounted over the door of a building. I had two reactions to this piece. When I first saw this piece, it got me upset. Upset in that I did not believe someone would actually look at a woman and think that a sculpture like this one would be a good idea. I immediately thought this operative has no respect for women or a womans body. hence I frame it somewhat funny and ironic that although I found this piece upsetting it was one of the few pieces that caught my attention. I found myself wanting to know more about this piece and the reason behind its existence. therefrom making it the piece, I would write this paper on. My response to this piece came from my thought that whoever did this sculpture must not have thought very highly of the woman this piece is representing.