A MOTHERHOOD SCULPTURE, painted wood, height 35,5 cm, Cameroon, the Mambila or Bamileke peoples.
Last quarter of the 20th century. A standing mother figure with a child on the back. Not ceremonially used.
Occasionally colour loss, minor damages. One arm with a
crack all the way through.
Provenance
Nordén Auktioner, Art, 15 October 1997, No. 371: "Skulptur, Bulu, gorilla, Kamerun".
The Jan Eric Löwenadler Collection.
