CHOKWE STYLE
Figure 4
21" high
SOLD
CHOKWE STYLE
Figure 5
14" high
SOLD
CHOKWE STYLE
Figure 6
11.5" high
SOLD
CHOKWE STYLE
Maternity 2
16" high
SOLD
The figures below have been sold and are left here for reference and
educational purposes.
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CHOKWE STYLE Maternity 2 16" high SOLD |
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Photographs © Tim Hamill
CHOKWE STYLE MATERNITY FIGURES, Angola
Despite their appearance we believe these figures were made to be sold.
Exhibiting a wide diversity in size, symbolism, intimacy and style.,
African maternity figures depict the ideals of beauty, fertility, character
and action and many signify much more, whether the primordial mother or
a legendary founding ancestor. Commonly used as shrine figures, they were
often objects of petitions or prayers for fertility and successful births.
The prevelance of the maternity theme testifies to the importance of women
and children to the continuity of each people.
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