A Bamana Maternity of Dokamissa (initiation society of the women and mythical figure of the Bamana people, probably similar like Jo and Gwan), heavy; hard bumbu wood, collected in the Tamani region, 75 km from Segou.

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The value of children in women´s lives is expressed in a song sung by Bamana women after genital mutilation (Luneau 1974:539):

"The child you bear
The child you bear
Is an ornament
Even if you have placed gold
On the ears of your wife
A woman´s ornament is
The child she bears."

"If you are not afraid of females, Master
If you are not afraid of females
You´re not afraid of anything."

Height: 62 cm

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