Ashanti Maternity Figure Seated
Product ID: A2300-196
$1,295.00
About this piece
A seated figure, a stool, and two small attendants who refuse to be ignored.
Ashanti metalworkers of Ghana, West Africa, cast this seated maternity figure in bronze in the 20th century. Akan brass and bronze casting is commonly tied to lost-wax technique, and mother-and-child themes are associated with fertility and lineage. Here the central figure sits upright on a square-legged stool, hands resting at the lap, head tilted and angular. Two smaller figures cling to either side. The surface is dark and rubbed, with warm brown highlights on the raised edges.
About 4 inches tall. Small enough for a shelf, serious enough to anchor one.
