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Kongo artist · 19th century
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Kongo Maternity Figure
Kongo artist · mid-19th to early 20th century
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Kongo Maternity Figure
Smithsonian 3D identifies the source model as Female figure with child. Date, materials, dimensions, and Kongo/Mayombe attribution follow the Smithsonian/Form Gallery source metadata.
- Maker
- Kongo artist
- Date
- mid-19th to early 20th century
- Place
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Material
- Wood, glass, glass beads, brass tacks, pigment
- Dimensions
- H 25.7 cm x W 10.5 cm x D 10.2 cm
- Current collection
- National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
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Wood, glass, beads, brass tacks, and pigment are combined in this maternity figure. The mother’s arm and the child form the central structural link in the composition.
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- Maker
- Kongo artist
- Date
- mid-19th to early 20th century
- Place
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Material
- Wood, glass, glass beads, brass tacks, pigment
- Dimensions
- H 25.7 cm x W 10.5 cm x D 10.2 cm
- Current collection
- National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Rights
- CC0 1.0
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