Akua'ba Mother and child figure

Akua'ba
Exhibits: Cycle of Life
Tribes: Akan peoples, Asante group
Location: Ghana
Period: 20th Century
Materials: Beads, Wood
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H: 
52.00cm
SKU: 
3024

Fertility dolls and mother-and- child are the most frequent themes in the sculpture of Asante. The figure is depicted as holding her breast, her infant lying on her lap, expresses Asante ideas about nurturing, the family, and the continuity of matrilineage through daughters. She is adorned with beads, signify material prosperity.

Akua'ba Mother and child figure
Akua'ba Mother and child figure
Akua'ba Mother and child figure
Akua'ba Mother and child figure