Very beautiful wooden statuette, typical of the Kongo ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Height: 53 cm, age cracks, eroded wood (see photos)

The Kongo people

This is probably one of the most prolific ethnic groups in masks and statuettes: Read here

The Kongo Maternity Statuette

The Kongo female sculptures are the evocation of more amiable spiritual forces than those symbolized by the male representations – the nkondi – and were probably used during fertility rites.

This very old statuette, judging by the position of the child (head back), the downcast eyes and the sad face of the mother, probably evokes a recent death.

The bilongo (dorsal cavity) was probably intended to receive fetish materials evoking the child