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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 10242339, member: 8267&quot;]Maternity figures are very common in traditional African art. Both of the sculptures you have are from West Africa, but neither are in styles characteristic for peoples in Nigeria. I believe they are from the region on either side of the border between Mali and Ivory Coast (Côte d&#039;Ivoire). Going by the form of the hairstyles/headgear, the first may be by a Bamana/Bambara carver in Mali. The second one is more typical of Senufo carvers. The Senufo are a large group, living in Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Ghana. You can see similar examples of maternity figures from each group here -</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.zyama.com/bambara/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zyama.com/bambara/" rel="nofollow">https://www.zyama.com/bambara/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.zyama.com/senufo/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zyama.com/senufo/" rel="nofollow">https://www.zyama.com/senufo/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And a discussion of African maternity figures in general here -</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.randafricanart.com/African_maternity_figures_various_people.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.randafricanart.com/African_maternity_figures_various_people.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.randafricanart.com/African_maternity_figures_various_people.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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