Sondergaard's early works are inspired by Kai Nielsen's lush approach, resulting in naturalistic figures and busts such as Pige, der sætter sit hår (Girl Setting her Hair, 1931) and Siddende pige (Seated Girl, 1933).

Gone now is the stylized shroud, for here we see a naturalistic figure, almost a portrait, wrapped in a very convincing linen sheet.

Bali produces more compact and naturalistic figures, and Lombok has figures representing real people.

Around the walls, the springers and corbels are similarly decorated with a rich variety of naturalistic or grotesque (and sometimes humorous) figures.

It was designed by Danish artist Anders Bundgaard, who sculpted the naturalistic figures 1897-99.

The images range from naturalistic figures to fantastic animals and culminate in a coup de théâtre display of some 40 Bamana headdresses.

Quite different from the usual Balinese style, the simple, bold, and naturalistic figures include a prince and his servants out hunting wild boar with a woman clinging to his horse.

Her naturalistic figures are coil-built and fired in an open straw fire.

A study of Māori carving suggests that every naturalistic figure there is an equivalent Manaia form which can be seen as a distorted profile-face version of the equivalent full-face figure.

One exceptional Toraja piece that does include naturalistic figures is a long, painted shaman's cloth.