Maternity
Dogon · Mali
Reference: BRN-80
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- Height
- 9 cm
- Material
- Bronze
Little bronze motherhood sitting on a stool. The woman takes into the air her generous breasts, typical of the woman who breastfeeds her child, while keeping…
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Full original description
Little bronze motherhood sitting on a stool. The woman takes into the air her generous breasts, typical of the woman who breastfeeds her child, while keeping him in her arms. The child, as in all African maternity homes, occupies an insignificant place to enhance the importance of the mother. A kind of slave covers the shoulders and the upper part of the torso and back, the rest of the body appears naked. These statuettes made by the technique to lost wax, used to be placed in the holes of the Bandiagará Sima, in the manner of votos. Many of these figurines have been appearing throughout the ages. Old patina.
Further technical information
- Width
- 3 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Mali. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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