A Bamana maternity of the Baniko region, seated on eroded four leg stool, the shortened legs ending up in prominent buttocks, the slnder torso with a slightly protruding abdomen and a pointed navel,, the tapering breasts in hanging position, the rounded shoulders terminating in elongated arms with hands resting on the knees, a columnar neck is supporting an oval head with a single cresteed coiffure framed by pigtails, the signs of a young Bamana-mother, a c cave fascial plane with pointed mouth and a slender, elongated nose, framed by heavy lided eyes, which gives the face of the mother a heartshaped, high abstract form; dark, heavy wood, partly a little bit weathered and at the buttocks signs of a waterdamage, remnants of encrusted sacrifications on the shoulders and the breasts of the sculpture.

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Height: 80 cm
Weight: 4,2 kg