Motherhood with Child A La Backda

The figure of motherhood is one of the oldest and most representative in Africa, although it is represented by Dan is quite late, mid-century XXThe child is usually represented with his or her child behind his or her back, is attached to the mother's back but without the traditional cloth that holds him or her, and occupies a very secondary place in terms of aesthetic quality, since in all African maternity homes the aim is to enhance the figure of the mother. They do not usually represent a particular woman, but a woman who dispenses life and food, since their primary function is to give life and preserve it.

Women are a symbol of social life as they are the essential link in the lineage, the backbone of the family and often an essential element in the transmission of inheritance and, always, the protective element of children. Breast milk is not only a food of life, it is the sap that carries out the transmission of fundamental human values. In many cultures, women are the depository of tradition and the safeguarding of genealogies. He is often, divine, healer and connoisseur of the mysteries of nature clothed with great magical powers. The African woman, and especially the mother, is far from the image of her in the West.

In maternity Dan scarifications abound, for almost the whole body and also on the face. The style of these statues is massive, they seem to have received the influence of the Dan-Yacuba The breasts are always generous and fallen, as is the case with a woman who has nursed many young people. The neck ringed as a symbol of feminine beauty and legs and arms separated from the body. The hair of the mother can be of braided vegetable fibers, natural hair or carved in wood as in this case. Often metal or cane teeth. They can wear a little sex-cover.

Statue, profusely tattooed. hairstyle forming parallel loops that part from the forehead towards the back of the head. Prominent mouth. Its breasts stand out, large and tattooed, elongated and triangular. Neck ringed as a symbol of feminine beauty and legs and arms separated from the body.

The patina is always dark.