ðə fˈɪɡjɚz ɹˈaʊnd bˈɑːdi wʌz mˈɑːdəld ˈæftɚɹ ɐ fˈoʊɾəɡɹˌæf ɪn ɐn ˌænθɹəpəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl dʒˈɜːnəl əvə klˈeɪ kˈɔːɹn bˈɪn fɹʌm ɐ sˈʌðɚn sˌuːdənˈiːz kˈʌltʃɚ, ðə kˈɔŋkɑːmbwə.
The figure's round body was modeled after a photograph in an anthropological journal of a clay corn bin from a southern Sudanese culture, the Konkombwa.