Title:
Maternity Figure
Object Name:
Figure, Maternity
Other Name:
Figure, Maternity, Female, Standing
Place of Origin:
Fon, Ivory Coast, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
H = 20"
W = 7"
D = 8"
May be a Bocio figure, which relates to the Vodun or magical ceremonies undertaken to contact the spirit world and trap harmful forces.
Bacquart, P. 29 — The Tribal Arts of Africa.
H = 20"
W = 7"
D = 8"
May be a Bocio figure, which relates to the Vodun or magical ceremonies undertaken to contact the spirit world and trap harmful forces.
Bacquart, P. 29 — The Tribal Arts of Africa.
Description:
Standing female maternity figure with crescent—shaped ears, crescent—shaped headdress, arched black eyebrows, oval—shaped eyes. Wedge—shaped nose, crescent—shaped slit mouth, black hair. Brown body, short cylindrical neck, extended breasts, boneless bent arms, flat hands attached to protruding stomach. Cloth wrapped low on waist, short bent legs, standing on square wooden base. Child holding on to back with legs wrapped around mother's waist and hands holding onto body. Child with black hair and eyebrows, similar facial features as mother, broken arms at elbows.
Collection:
Finley Collection
Material:
Wood W/Cloth
Used:
Ritually Used
Technique:
Carving
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2014.1.65
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