Maternity Shrine Figure, Bakongo, Zaire

Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. An enormous, hand-carved wooden statue of a mother feeding her resting infant. She is seated upon a petite stool atop an integral, bar

African Yoruba Maternity Shrine Figure. Carved wood and pigment. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia; purchased 1972 from Galerie Carrefour, 141, Boulevard Paspail

A carved wooden female effigy with her child clinging to her back, a classic maternity shrine figure. The sculpture features elaborate incised linear designs representing tribal scars and jewelry as w

A carved wooden female effigy with her child clinging to her back, a classic maternity shrine figure. The sculpture features elaborate incised linear designs representing tribal scars and jewelry as w

A carved wooden female mother effigy with small child on her lap, holding on to her breast. The sculpture likely served as a element to a maternity shrine. The figure measures 15.5 inches tall. Luba p

A carved wooden female mother effigy with small child on her lap, holding on to her breast. The sculpture likely served as a element to a maternity shrine. The figure measures 15.5 inches tall. Luba p

A carved wooden female effigy with ornate raised designs, necklace, armbands and scars, with a well weathered surface and woven rope and seed adornment. Bakongo peoples , Congo, Africa.Provenance: Ex

SMALL FIGURE BAKONGO THE PRISONER CONGO ZAIRE CENTRAL AFRICA A male figure stands with hands bound together at the wrists symbolizing a prisioner. 4 1

SMALL YONBE FIGURE MATERNITY CONGO ZAIRE CENTRAL AFRICA Female figure on one knee with child at her breast. 3" X 8 1/2" Ship

Title: YOMBE Maternity Figure statue Congo DRC African Art Kongo Bakongo 1378 Additional Information: CONGO RDC Cute YOMBE Maternity Figure The Yombe People is established in the Mayombe They belong t

A very large and rare old female sculpture with child, all carved from a single piece of wood. This figure of a nursing mother was most likely part of a community shrine that honored the founding ance

CONGO DRC Cute YOMBE Maternity Figure The statues representing maternity hospitals are called Phemba among the Yombe as well as in other Kongo peoples such as the Bakongo or the Vili The Yombe are a p

African Tribal Art: Bakongo People, Congo/Zaire: Large Nkisi Fetish/Power Figure of a Seated Dog. The carving is estimated to be from the late 19th century, with additions and modifications dating thr

An exceptional early African Fetish Figure, Bakongo, Democratic Republic of Congo, formally the Congolese country of Zaire. A Nkisi power figure, carved and heavily embellished as for a Shamum's oracl

A Carved wooden female effigy with highly stylized form and shown holding a child at her waist. The figure was carved from a heavy dense wood and has a very well weathered and eroded surface with laye

This is a shrine figure used by the Makonde women of Tanzania and Mozambique to help solve their problems which include – child sickness, establish the cause of death. Shows some aging and use 26" T

A rare old female sculpture with child, all carved from a single piece of wood. This figure of a nursing mother was most likely part of a community shrine that honored the founding ancestors. Housed i

A Very rare and interesting old Bakongo figure, a magic fetish idol from a shrine. Bakongo peoples, Congo, central Africa. A very Rare type ,well carved. - Ex. Jean Pierre Hallet, La Jolla, CA. The fe

A Very Rare and Important Bakongo Paternity figure shown kneeling and presenting a dead infant. Idol's such as this were kept on shrines and only brought out to recieve offerings at the death of an in

A carved wooden "magic" effigy with inset glass eyes and enlarged belly suggesting a maternity type fetish. Bakongo peoples , DRC/ Congo, Africa. The figure measures 10 inches tall ( 13.75 inches on p

A Fine and rare Ngbaka figure, Collected in DR Congo prior to 1975 by Dr. Kenneth Adelman, Former director USAID Zaire. The fetish has a reddish mineral pigment rubbed into the wood, which according t

A Carved wooden Figure of a Mother and Child (Phemba)from the Yombe / Bakongo peoples of the DRC/ Congo, central, Africa. Such sculptures of a mother nursing her child may have been used to increase o

carved stylized male figure, the circular head with exaggerated features in relief, curved shoulders, slightly spread legs, rectangular torso; the face with distinct brow, almond shaped eyes, rounded

20th c. Carved wood Without stand: 72" x 15" x 12" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York The Igbo are one of Nigeria’s largest ethnic groups. Each Igbo village, defined by lineage, contains l