Mother and child figure · Ghana, Fante · ID: 3042194

Name: Mother and child figure
SKU: 3042194
Price: 1400 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 1,400

Provenance

J. P. Hamburg, Germany

Size

H: 35 cm

H: 13.8 inch

Description

wood, indigo blue and white pigment (“hyire”), black paint, seated on a stool, richly adorned (strings of glass beads, brass pendant), the child separately carved, with chevron bead around the neck, slightly dam., missing parts (horn tip), rest., abrasion of paint;
maternity figures protray the idea of fertility and continuity. The image of the nursing mother is ubiquitous throughout Akan society and figures are found in a number of different contexts including royal shrines or stool houses, in shrines dedicated to the river god “tano” and in anti-witchcraft shrines.

The object Mother and child figure with the object ID 3042194 was part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction on May 27, 2017. The object with the lot number 282 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.

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