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Small STATUETTE representing a MATERNITY
Punu culture, Gabon
Around 1900
Wood, pigments, cowrie shells and glass beads
H.: 8.2; W.: 3 cm
Small anthropomorphic statuette representing a woman kneeling on a rectangular base, her hands resting on her thighs. Her oval face is pigmented white and her shell hairstyle is streaked with geometric patterns and pigmented black, red ochre and green. She wears a necklace of pink and red glass beads and cowrie shells.
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