Makonde Fetish Doll Maternity Figure
Product ID: A1000-123
$2,495.00
About this piece
She kneels, cradling a small bundle against her chest.
This maternity figure was made in terra cotta by Makonde artists of Tanzania, East Africa, in the late 19th or early 20th century. Figures of women with children are often associated with fertility, lineage and the safety of the household. The seated woman has a long face with a pointed nose, small ears and drooping arms folded around the child. The clay is a dark reddish-brown with a mottled surface, rubbed and lightly cracked.
About seven inches tall. A small figure with a long memory.
