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Description : Maternité add to watchlistIbibio, Nigeria wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, of compact form, rising from short, bulky legs with big feet, broad rounded shoulders merging into angled arms, holding a lying child, crowned by an oval head with a flattened chin, inset eyes with painted pupils, an elaborate star-shaped coiffure, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, fissures, on wooden base, like in the art tradition of other nations the motive of motherhood plays an important role for African ethnies. These statues have a fertilizing power and they were seen as temporary domicile for spirits of deceased persons. H: 29 cm, (4873/005) Provenance Private Collection, Cologne, Germany Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
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