MATERNITY FIGURES

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YOMBE
MATERNITY FIGURES

LUBA STYLE
MATERNITY FIGURES

YOMBE
MATERNITY FIGURES

BENALUA STYLE
STOOL
15.5", $400

YORUBA STYLE
MATERNITY FIGURES

BAMANA JO
STYLE MATERNITY FIGURES

BAULE
STYLE
MATERNITY FIGURES

DOGON
STYLE
MATERNITY FIGURES

SENUFO
STYLE
MATERNITY FIGURES

EKET
STYLE
Figure 30
22", $500

YORUBA STYLE
MATERNITY
FIGURES

CHOKWE STYLE
Maternity 2
16", $500

Photographs © Tim Hamill

Exhibiting a wide diversity in size, symbolism, intimacy and style., African maternity figures depict the ideals of beauty, fertility, character and action and many signify much more, whether the primordial mother or a legendary founding ancestor. Commonly used as shrine figures, they were often objects of petitions or prayers for fertility and successful births. The prevelance of the maternity theme testifies to the importance of women and children to the continuity of each people.

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AGNI, MATERNITY FIGURE, Ivory Coast    ARCHIVES ONLY
ASANTE, MATERNITY FIGURES, Ghana    ARCHIVES ONLY
ATTIE, MATERNITY FIGURES, Ivory Coast    ARCHIVES ONLY, ALL SOLD

BAMANA, JO SOCIETY MATERNITY FIGURES, Mali ARCHIVES ONLY

BAULE, MATERNITY FIGURES, Ivory Coast

BENALUA, MATERNITY FIGURE, Dem. Rep. of Congo ARCHIVES ONLY

CHOKWE, MATERNITY FIGURES, Angola ARCHIVES ONLY

DOGON, MATERNITY FIGURES, Mali

DOGON, METAL MATERNITY FIGURE, Mali ARCHIVES ONLY

FANTE, MATERNITY FIGURES, Ghana ARCHIVES ONLY

HEMBA, MATERNITY FIGURE, Dem. Rep. Congo ARCHIVES ONLY

LOBI, MATERNITY FIGURE, Burkina Faso ARCHIVES ONLY
LUBA, MATERNITY FIGURES, DRC ARCHIVES ONLY

PENDE, MATERNITY FIGURE, Dem. Rep. Congo ARCHIVES ONLY

SENUFO, MATERNITY FIGURES, Ivory Coast ARCHIVES ONLY

TABWA, MATERNITY FIGURE, Dem. Rep. of Congo ARCHIVES ONLY