Central African Republic (Ubangi Shari): a woman with greatly distended upper and lower lips. Process print after a bronze sculpture by Malvina Hoffman, ca. 1933.

Very similar to a photograph of a woman of the Sara tribe published in Jean Brunhes, Races, Paris 1930 (Wellcome Library catalogue no. 645684i)

The bust may have been produced by Malvina Hoffman for her exhibition "The races of mankind" commissioned by the Field Museum, Chicago, in 1930 and on exhibition from 1933 to 1968

Chicago : Field Museum of Natural History, [1933?]

1 print : process print ; sheet 13.9 x 9 cm

Ubangi woman, Africa ... Sculpture in bronze by Malvina Hoffman, Chauncey Keep Memorial Hall ... Further description on verso

Wellcome Collection 645685i