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Julien Gauthier

Fine Phemba mother and child (maternity) statue of the Tombe people living in Congo.
Ex collection of the late Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal - London.
Now in my personal Dutch collection.

Material: wood, glass, kaolin.

Mother and child figures of the Yombe are one of the most recognizable carving found in African Art. These figurines were mainly constructed by women trying to evoke spirits of fertility in hopes of giving birth or to keep an young infant healthy.
These figures were usually displayed in shrines to evoke the spirits.

1960-1970 - Wood - Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes

Maternity - Figure - Yombe - Congo

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