File:Clevelandart 1961.198.jpg
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[edit]Nursing Woman with Child
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Mother-and-Child Figure |
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The name Senufo covers a complex network of more than 30 different language and dialect groups. The male Poro society and its female counterpart, Tyekpa, constitute the main contexts for art production and use. Among the Fodonon Senufo subgroup, mother-and-child figures play a role in funerary ceremonies organized by the Tyekpa association in which they are carried on the participating women’s heads. However, among the Central Senufo, similar female figures are used as stationary display sculpture for the male Poro society. In the context of the Poro and its female counterpart, mother-and-child figures probably refer to "Ancient Mother," the central deity of the Poro initiation cycle. She is responsible for the protection and instruction of the initiates, her "children," nursing them with the milk of knowledge and thus transforming them into perfect human beings. |
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| Date | 1800 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Wood | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 63.6 cm (25 1/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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African Art |
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1961.198 |
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| Place of creation | Africa, Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Senufo people, 19th-20th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.198 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The three-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with copyright terms of life of the creator plus 70 years or less. The creation of photographic reproduction of this object, however, generates a new copyright and an additional statement should be provided to indicate the copyright status of the image.
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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