Breastfeeding mother
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: MTR-4
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- Height
- 33 cm
- Material
- Wood
A figure of a woman breastfeeding her child, elongated and lanky, departing from Baule aesthetic canons. The child’s figure is very roughly worked and only loosely…
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Full original description
A figure of a woman breastfeeding her child, elongated and lanky, departing from Baule aesthetic canons. The child’s figure is very roughly worked and only loosely defined, something common in African art, which seeks to give all prominence and importance to the woman as a mother; the child is secondary. Two necklaces of pinkish ceramic beads adorn the neck and waist. The statue stands on a base carved from the same piece.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-20th century
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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