Maternity figure - Glass, Wood - PHEMBA - Mayombé - Democratic Republic of Congo

YOMBE

Carved wooden mother and child.

Private collection, UK

Mother, who is nursing child, is seated cross-legged, supporting child's head with right hand and legs with left hand. She has high, spade-like headdress, open protruding mouth revealing filed teeth, and glass eyes with black pupils. Ears are carved spatially .Over much of shoulders, torso, and back are scarification marks. Above breasts are a band Infant child lies on mother's lap.


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