Senufo Bronze Maternity Figure
Product ID: A2600-016
$1,695.00
About this piece
A mother seated on a stool, a child at her breast.
Senufo casters of Mali, West Africa, made this maternity figure in bronze in the early 20th century. Mother and child imagery is widely associated with fertility, lineage and the continuity of the community. A woman sits upright on a four-legged stool, with a long, narrow head and bracelets on her arm, as she cradles a child who nurses at her breast. Her legs extend forward to thick, flat feet.
About 6 inches tall. Warm, sure of itself, and quietly in charge.
