Maternity Figure
Culture
Ashanti
Dateby 1980
Mediumpainted wood, cord, beads, metal
Dimensions41 x 21 x 18 cm (16 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Seat: 8.5 x 21.5 x 7 cm (3 3/8 x 8 7/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Seat: 8.5 x 21.5 x 7 cm (3 3/8 x 8 7/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Geneviève McMillan and Reba Stewart Foundation
Object number2009.120
DescriptionSeated female figure with hands on knees seated on a separate stool with red stripes. Two infants attached to her knees facing her breasts. Figure has black hair and breasts, infants have black hair. Traces of white pigment throughout. Figure wears black sandals and a cord necklace with glass beads. Another cord wraps over figure's right shoulder and around body (between breasts). Metal earring in proper right ear.Provenancepurchased from Silah, 1980; bequest of Genevieve McMillan, 2008.
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