Advanced Search 
Ubi Girl from Tai Region
Loïs Mailou Jones (American, 1905–1998)
1972
Medium/Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
111.1 x 152.4 cm (43 3/4 x 60 in.)
Credit Line
The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
Accession Number1974.410
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsPaintings
"Ubi Girl from Tai Region" depicts a young woman from the Tai Region of Liberia whose face is painted for the initiation into womanhood. Jones suggests the unification of Africa in this work by displaying two Congolese masks and the profile of a great fetish from the Ivory Coast alongside her Liberian model. This work symbolizes Jones's reclamation of her African heritage following a trip she took to Africa when she was in her sixties.
ProvenanceThe artist; to Pierre Noel Studio d'Art, Washington; to MFA, Boston, 1974.
Copyright© Lois Mailou Jones Pierre-Noel Trust