Femme d'Afrique centrale

Femme d'Afrique centrale is a work by the English sculptor Herbert Ward, kept at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The female bust was carved from one of Ward’s drawings made while he accompanied Henry Morton Stanley on his exploration of Central Africa. Ward also traveled along the Lohale, or Aruwimi, River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and stayed for fourteen months at Yambuya on the riverbank. An africanist, illustrator, and explorer, Ward later published accounts of his Congo experiences, including Five years with the Congo cannibals and A voice from the Congo, which included photographs of the sculptures he made from the sketches he brought back from Africa.

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