Carved wooden statue of mother and child

Carved wooden statue of mother and child, mother sitting cross-legged suckling child on her knee, mitre shaped headdress, cicitrization marks on back etc., appealed to for safe upbringing of children, Loango tribe, maker, Central Africa, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658226
Materials:
wood and eyes, glass
Measurements:
overall: 290 mm x 95 mm x 108 mm, .64 kg
type:
statues
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust