Maternity figure – Wood – Yombe – Congo

Lovely Yombe maternity figure. The 300,000 YOMBE people are artistically prolific. Their maternity figures have a high pointed or rounded coiffure incised with geometric motifs.
This superb example of Kongo sculpture shows the emphasis given to the head and detailed body. This female figure embodied a gentler spiritual force then the threatening male figures and was used for fertility rituals. Two children ar sitting on her lap. Beautiful scarifications on her body.
Good condition witha beautiful patina.