Maternité "esi mansa"

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Description

wood, colour pigments, sculpture of the baby now missing, rep., base

This figure was most probably part of a grouping of figures on a support for one of the “ntan” or “ompe” drums that form the popular drum ensembles among the Fante.

Two figures by the same artist are shown in Cole & Ross (1977), p. 179, fig. 357. The distinctive physiognomy, hairstyles, proportioning and formation of the bodies show the greatest similarities. The original use of the figure as ornament of a drum stand can be seen here as well. Two other examples of this carver’s work are shown in van der Pas (2001), p. 90, no. 66.

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Littérature comparée

Cole, Herbert M. & Doran H. Ross, The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles 1977, p. 179 van der Pas, Kathy et. al. (ed), Aspects, Akan cultures in Ghana, The Hague 2001, p. 90

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