Nigerian Yoruba Carved Wood Maternity Figure

Type: Carving / sculptureMaterials: WoodMarkings & Inscriptions: UnmarkedDate: Early 20th centuryMaker: African (Nigeria, Yoruba)Description: A carved wood maternity figure or fetish, depicting a fema

Group of three African Yoruba, Benin/Nigeria carved wood maternity figures; H: 19" (tallest, approx.)

Two African carved wood maternity figures; Yoruba, Nigeria olumeye (offering bowl figure); together with Chokwe, Angola/Democratic Republic of the Congo/Zambia seated with child in lap, wearin

African Maternity Figure, 20th Century, Yoruba, carved wood, Provenance: Museum of African Art, 19" h

African Yoruba Maternity Shrine Figure. Carved wood and pigment. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia; purchased 1972 from Galerie Carrefour, 141, Boulevard Paspail

A carved wood standing Shango maternity figure. Nigeria, Yoruba, 20th century. 29 1/2"h. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

A PAIR OF AFRICAN YORUBA IBEJI TWIN FIGURES, NIGERIAN, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, carved wood figures of a male and female twin, each with matching faces, their waist adorned with beads and uplifted on styliz

NIGERIAN YORUBA HELMET MASK African / Nigerian carved wood Yoruba helmet mask, depicts a seated female figure with children atop a male helmet mask. Size: 50.5"

Collectors Lot of African Artifacts. Including: Yoruba offering bowl, maternity figure and pulley. Carved wood, pigment, plant fiber. Size: 22'' x 6.5'' x 8.5'' (56 x 17 x 22 cm).

Predominantly Nigerian region, Yoruba style including a pair of female Ibeji twin figures with beaded and cowrie shell decorative details. Various wood figures with carved geometric motifs and scarifi

West African carved wood "Olumeye" (offering bowl), Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, kneeling maternity figure with elaborate headdress, two small children at her arms, a third child surmounting the lid of an

Four African Carved Wood Figures. Including a anthropomorphic cup, a Yoruba figure, Fanti style maternity figure and a white-painted male figure. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Sizes

Traditional Nigerian carving, maternity statue, Mother and child. Box: H 26" x W 12" x D 12"

Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. An enormous, hand-carved wooden statue of a mother feeding her resting infant. She is seated upon a petite stool atop an integral, bar

Two African Figures, A bronze standing figure, with head in the style of a Mama Bushcow mask, hands at hips, on a wood base; and a Yoruba style west African maternity figure, intricately carved on an

A rare old female sculpture with child, all carved from a single piece of wood. This figure of a nursing mother was most likely part of a community shrine that honored the founding ancestors. Housed i

A Yoruba carved wood maternity altarpieceLate 19th/early 20th century; Nigeria, AfricaLabel affixed to the underside: Altar Piece (Yoruba) / Acquired 12.29.81The hand-carved statue of a woman and her

West African Yoruba Carved Wood Figure Group Female with children on her back holding platform with male, children also standing in front of them | West African Bambara / Bamana Figurine, Carved wood

African Carved Wood Maternity Figure. Size: 56" x 9" x 9" (142 x 23 x 23 cm).

African tribal carved wood maternity figure column, the central woman with baby kneeling on a stool with figural base, atop her head another kneeling woman. 47.5" H. Vertical shrinkage cracks.

African Yoruba, Benin/Nigeria carved wood figure; wrapped in woven cloth; H: 24" (approx.)

A Pair of Yoruba Carved Wood Figures  20th Century depicting Ere Ibeji. Height 12 1/2 inches.  Property from the Estate of Billie Ross, Chicago, Illinois

4 African Carved Wood Maternity Figures. Largest Size: 35" x 9" x 7" (89 x 23 x 18 cm).

BANGWA PEOPLE, CAMEROON, AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MATERNITY FIGURE H 28.75" W 9.5" D 9" Depicting a mother nursing her child. Provenance: Estate of Jack Faxon, Michigan Senator and creator of the Michigan