Figure: Seated Female Nursing Child
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.In this relatively pared down maternity attributed to the Boma-Vonde Master, much of the female’s bodily adornment is defined by the brass tacks added to the upper body.
Artwork Details
- Title: Figure: Seated Female Nursing Child
- Artist: Master of the Boma-Vonde Region
- Date: 19th–early 20th century
- Geography: Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo; Angola, Cabinda
- Culture: Kongo peoples; Yombe group
- Medium: Wood, metal, glass, metal tacks
- Dimensions: H. 10 in. (25.5 cm), W. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm), D. 4 in. (10 cm)
- Classification: Wood-Sculpture
- Credit Line: Museum Rietberg, Zurich
- Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing