Africa Baoule Seated Maternity Figure

Baule- Ivory Coast figures can be among the most elegant and designed pieces in Africa. Many show careful execution of face, coiffure and scarification details, with refined forms but no loss of expre

A seated carved wood and polychrome maternity figure with drum. West Africa, 20th century. 50 1/2"h. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

A seated Asante maternity figure. Ghana, West Africa. 20th century. Wood, acrylic pigment, and glass beads. 22 1/2" x 7 1/2" x 10 3/4". Condition: cracks and repaired to both mother and child's legs.

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

A Gwan style seated maternity figure. Mali, Malinke, 20th century. 40"h. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

A carved wood steated maternity figure. Mali, Bamana, 20th century. 45"h. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

Tall African Senufo, Côte d'Ivoire/Mali carved wood maternity figure; seated upon a stool, with young in arms; H: 51 1/2" (approx.)

A polychrome and wood seated maternity figure. Nigeria,Yoruba, Pre-1950. 26 1/2"h. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

A wooden seated maternity figure. Mali, Bamana, 20th century. 48 1/2"h w/o stand. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

A seated maternity figure Mali Bamana, 20th century. 44 1/2"h w/o stand. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

Tall African Dogon, Mali carved wood maternity figure; of female form, seated, wearing a long bronze chain around her neck; H: 57" (approx.)

A seated carved wood maternity figure. Mali, Bamana / Guan, 20th century. 41"h. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

Tall African Dogon, Mali carved wood maternity figure; of female form, seated, wearing a long bronze chain around her neck; H: 57" (approx.)

A seated maternity figure. Mali, Bamana, 20th century. 38"h. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

"Esu" Wooden Figure - Aboriginal Indigenous Art - Painted wood ritualware from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Africa. Seated figure holding gourd-shaped object in left hand and knife in right hand, Moh

comprising a seated maternity figure, a standing maternal carving, and a mother and child; Condition: each with cracks and losses to wood carving; group figure with losses to lacquer; the tallest: 44

A seated maternity figure, Mali, Dogon. 20th century. 39" x 7" x 8". In most cases the date is a 20th century attribution is an indication of stylistic origin and not a exact date of creation. Unless

A carved wooden seated maternity figure. DRC, Luba, 20th century. 37"h w/o stand. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

Lot 166 Maternity statue, Bambara, Mali 31 x 7 x 7 inches Provenance: Estate of Howard A. Smith Purchased at Tribal Arts Gallery, New York in 1972 seated maternity figure with child, carved wood

(4) Large African style carved figures, Includes Mangbetu male figure (22.5"h), Dan female figure with disk necklace (23"h), Baule seated maternity figure (19.5"h), and a Bene Lulua figure holding a k

Group of five Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo carved wood pieces, including: two seated maternity figures; two posts, each exhibiting figures surmounting a beheaded figure; together with minia

Tall elaborate African carved wood figure; possibly of the Igbo, Nigeria; seated maternity figure, with young at her feet; her headdress showing inset cowrie shells; H: 36 1/2" (approx.)

African Fante, Ghana polychrome and carved wood seated maternity figure; H: 23 1/2" (approx.)

Two African Baule, Côte d'Ivoire carved wood figures; each of female form, including: seated maternity figure, with nursing child; together with standing, holding round object in hand, with