A small Adamawa terracotta maternity with another figure close to it, posted on an oval base.

According of the Brooklyn Museum..these vessels were "created for use in Longuda kwandalha healing divinations. After a ritual specialist determined the cause of a disease, the patient was given a newly modeled vessel, into which the disease was transferred. Such pots, which tend to embody the symptoms described, are remarkable for their highly expressive and imaginative forms."

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Height: 28 cm
Weight: 1,8 kg