Sculpture Maternity AAA590

The Yombe, numbering 300,000, are recognized for their prolific artistic creativity. Their ancestral figures wear elaborate hairstyles, incised with geometric patterns. This exemplary Congolese sculpture highlights the importance given to the head, with carefully filed teeth. This female figure, dedicated to fertility rituals, embodies a gentle spiritual force, in contrast to the imposing male figures. Measuring 7 x 7 x 23.5 cm and carved in wood, it represents motherhood among the Yombe, symbolizing fertility and the continuity of the lineage.