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20th C. African Yoruba Wood Maternity Shrine Figure

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20th C. African Yoruba Wood Maternity Shrine Figure

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Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. An enormous, hand-carved wooden statue of a mother feeding her resting infant. She is seated upon a petite stool atop an integral, barrel-shaped platform, with delineated limbs and pendulous breasts defining her feminine form, and a radiant collar adorning her thick neck. Her head displays somewhat idealized features like almond eyes, a prominent nose, full lips, and cupped ears, characteristic of figural Yoruba sculptures, all below a finely-plaited coiffure and top bun. Colored in a sumptuous dark-brown pigmentation, this is a wonderful depiction of maternalism in Yorubaland! Size: 9" W x 32.5" H (22.9 cm x 82.6 cm).

Provenance: private Eason Eige collection, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Condition

Surface wear commensurate with age, inactive insect damage mainly on base, with small loss to interior of base. Stable cracks to base and back of head, with small chips and pigmentation fading across most surfaces, otherwise very good. Nice earthen deposits and dark-brown color throughout.

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20th C. African Yoruba Wood Maternity Shrine Figure

Name: 20th C. African Yoruba Wood Maternity Shrine Figure
SKU: 63054743
Price: 350 USD
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