Maternité ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3036167

Description

light wood, polychrome paint, female figure, holding a child in her hands and another one on her back, min. dam., small missing parts, fine cracks, traces of abrasion;
just like in art tradition of all nations the motive of motherhood plays an important role for African ethnies as well. These statues primarily are said to have a fertilizing power.

Littérature comparée

Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 309