Add to ORKGThe female standing figures assume the same pose as the male, with hands-on either side of the belly, and both serve the same function: to provide protection, healing, or therapy for their owner.https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/african-sculptures-and-masks/1039/thumbnail.jp
The sculpture seated Maternity is depicting a male seating on what seems to be a royal stool. Seated...
The standing figure object has specific names and meanings, The sculptures are for use in funerary r...
The standing figure by the Mumuye Peoples of Nigeria. These figures served as guardians and were oft...
This artifact is of a young adolescent female standing and was made primarily to be used by their se...
Seated female figures are usually shown with their legs tucked under them, their feet turned inward ...
The standing male figure is found throughout Songye statuary art. It is attributed to the Songye peo...
The Female Dance Mask masks are worn to mourn the passing of a family member, or as a way to worship...
These figures symbolically evoke the ancestor and guard the relics within. These sculptures may refl...
Songye Female Power Figure (Nkishi) 21 3/4 high Circa 19th Century Songye, Democratic Republic of t...
This kneeling Maternity figure is a carved abstract bombou-toro style and originates from the Dogon ...
The main function of the stool was not to serve as a seat, but rather as a receptacle for the chief\...
This artifact is of a young adolescent female standing figure was made primarily to be used by their...
In Baule society, aesthetics play an important role not only in providing the sculptor with a worthy...
Seated Female figures with almond-shaped eyes, realistic mouth shapes, and curved eyebrows meeting o...
This Suku fetish figure (as called in older literature) or power figure, is attributed to the Suku p...
The sculpture seated Maternity is depicting a male seating on what seems to be a royal stool. Seated...
The standing figure object has specific names and meanings, The sculptures are for use in funerary r...
The standing figure by the Mumuye Peoples of Nigeria. These figures served as guardians and were oft...
This artifact is of a young adolescent female standing and was made primarily to be used by their se...
Seated female figures are usually shown with their legs tucked under them, their feet turned inward ...
The standing male figure is found throughout Songye statuary art. It is attributed to the Songye peo...
The Female Dance Mask masks are worn to mourn the passing of a family member, or as a way to worship...
These figures symbolically evoke the ancestor and guard the relics within. These sculptures may refl...
Songye Female Power Figure (Nkishi) 21 3/4 high Circa 19th Century Songye, Democratic Republic of t...
This kneeling Maternity figure is a carved abstract bombou-toro style and originates from the Dogon ...
The main function of the stool was not to serve as a seat, but rather as a receptacle for the chief\...
This artifact is of a young adolescent female standing figure was made primarily to be used by their...
In Baule society, aesthetics play an important role not only in providing the sculptor with a worthy...
Seated Female figures with almond-shaped eyes, realistic mouth shapes, and curved eyebrows meeting o...
This Suku fetish figure (as called in older literature) or power figure, is attributed to the Suku p...
The sculpture seated Maternity is depicting a male seating on what seems to be a royal stool. Seated...
The standing figure object has specific names and meanings, The sculptures are for use in funerary r...
The standing figure by the Mumuye Peoples of Nigeria. These figures served as guardians and were oft...