This bust of a Kota female is placed on a square stone pedestal and is a very dignified and graceful portrayal of a Kota woman from India's Nilgiri Hills Tamil Nadu. Kota people are well-known for their unique traditional practices, music, crafts, and entrenchment with the wildlife surrounding them. This sculptural piece is particularly interesting because of its realistic approach to tribal features. The figure displays elevated cheekbones and flat nose with thick lips, which are the major identifiable physical traits of the Kota people. These features were artfully moulded and rendered with a mark of anatomical detail reflecting self and ethnic identity.

One important feature of the bust is its middle-parted hairstyle, a traditional mode of hairdressing among the Kota women, something that often represents orderliness and obedience to culture. The hairdo thus has significance in terms of marking either marital status or social role within the tribe. Though minimalist in style, the bust embodies the strength and poise of Kota women, who remain, crucially in their community, as farmers, potters, and ceremonial musicians. The absence of these extravagant embellishments might also indicate that here, everyday simplicity is in itself an elegance of tribal life. This work forms a cultural evidence of the Kota tribe heritage and defines the very being of a community which closely identifies with its territory, tradition, and ancestry.