When was "Mother-and-Child Figure" created?

This artwork was created late 1800s–early 1900s.

What medium is "Mother-and-Child Figure"?

Mother-and-Child Figure is Wood, glass beads, upholstery studs, natural fiber, and pigment.

Is "Mother-and-Child Figure" in the public domain?

Yes, Mother-and-Child Figure is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Mother-and-Child Figure

Unknown Artist

late 1800s–early 1900s

Medium

Wood, glass beads, upholstery studs, natural fiber, and pigment

Dimensions

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Classification

Sculpture

Department

African Art

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Credit

Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House

Accession Number

1931.426

About this artwork

Wearing an elaborate lobed headdress and a beaded waistbelt, and having filed teeth and red-powdered skin, this maternity figure seems to have once carried an ax and a cup, wooden imitations of the two most important chiefly attributes. Perhaps together with a male counterpart, it was secretly kept inside the ritual house, serving as a guardian of the chief’s treasure. Its style places it in the westernmost corner of Pendeland, between the Lutshima and Kwilu rivers.

Mother-and-Child Figure

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