Ashanti maternity figure - SOLD OUT
Pregnant women and mothers with children are a central theme in primitive African art. Here we see a statue of an Ashanti woman sitting on an Akan style stool (Ghana), carrying a child on her legs. This beautiful effigy wears a braided headdress and pearl necklaces.
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Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Circa 1960
- Size
- 47 x 17 cm
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Wood
- Country
- Origin
- Tribal art collection Belgium
- Condition
- Excellent
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Pregnant women and mothers with children are a central theme in primitive African art. Here we see a statue of an Ashanti woman sitting on an Akan style stool (Ghana), carrying a child on her legs. This beautiful effigy wears a braided headdress and pearl necklaces.