MATERNITY FIGURES

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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