Moving maternity

Moving maternity
presenting a mother and her child, one of her arms raised to the sky in a symbolic gesture. This work is sculpted in the natural forms of the tree branch.
Wood. Localized erosion of time. Remains of a thick crusting patina in places resulting from numerous ritual projections in situ.
Lobi, Burkina Faso. Early 20th century.
43.5 x 18 cm. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.