Sitting Woman
Akan · Ghana
Reference: BRN-42
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- Height
- 8 cm
- Material
- Bronze
Small figure of a sitting woman wearing collars on her neck and wristbands. In addition to ornamenting these strainers and bracelets serve as protection against different…
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Full original description
Small figure of a sitting woman wearing collars on her neck and wristbands. In addition to ornamenting these strainers and bracelets serve as protection against different evils. The hands in the belly is an allusion to female feritility, so this small figure is used as a small amulet to ptoteger the pregnant or become pregnant. Fertility is most important for African women. Steril women are rejected by the community.
Figure performed for the procedure of lost wax.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Ghana. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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