Lwena Maternity Hospital (Luena), Angola

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Lwena Maternity Hospital (Luena), Angola

Name: Lwena Maternity Hospital (Luena), Angola
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: EF90KB52C5
Price: 950 EUR
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By Gallery CURIOSITAS

950 €

Period 20th century

Style Tribal Art

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Statue representing a seated mother. Her left leg is slightly forward, creating a certain dynamic. She is naked and carrying the child in her arms. The child is facing us, and she presents him to us. She is wearing an upside-down cone-shaped headdress. Her face is very determined and authoritative. She inspires respect. A necklace with a pendant is chiseled around her neck. Scarification marks adorn her back, face and belly, just above her genitals.
The child has one hand on his stomach and the other on his mother's belly. He wears a traditional hairstyle usually seen on adults.
Through ancestor worship, this type of maternity symbolizes transmission and lineage.

A label is glued to the underside of the base. It bears the inscription: "STATUETTE LWENA / Maternité religieuse / Coll. Cailliau-Dean / N°254 (H 26 cm)".
Wood with worn patina.
H: 26.5 cm
People, Lwena, Angola
Mid-twentieth century
Provenance: ex-collection Barbara Cailliau-Dean, Brussels

Ref: EF90KB52C5

Additional Information

Condition	Good
Ethnic group	Lwalwa - Balwalwa
Style	Tribal Art (African Statues, Puppets, Dolls, Maternity of Tribal Art Style)
Period	20th century (African Statues, Puppets, Dolls, Maternity 20th century)
Country of origin	Angola
Height (cm)	26.5
Materials	Wood