Maternity
Senufo · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: MTR-35
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- Height
- 35 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
Mother sitting on a stooltypical senufo, to signify your rank, breastfeeding your child Scarifications on breasts, shoulders and arms to indicate that it is an initiated…
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Full original description
Mother sitting on a stooltypical senufo, to signify your rank, breastfeeding your child Scarifications on breasts, shoulders and arms to indicate that it is an initiated person. Elongated face and prominent breasts. As is usual in African sculpture the features of the child are rough, barely sketched, to highlight the important role of the mother. His hairstyle is topped on the front with a shape of beak, to remember the kalao, mythical bird of the Senufo.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Years 60
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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