Installation view of Warriors and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art

Left: Detail of Ancêtres M’Bembé, Installation View, Galerie Kamer, Paris, 1974. Right: Maternity Figure: Mother and Child, Mbembe peoples, Ewayon River region, Cross River Province, Nigeria, 17th-18th century. Wood, pigment, resin, nails.

Maternity Figure: Mother and Child, Mbembe peoples, Ewayon River region, Cross River Province, Nigeria, 17th-18th century. Wood, pigment, resin, nails.

Detail of Maternity Figure: Mother and Child

Installation view of Warriors and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art

Maternity Figure: Seated Mother and Child, Mbembe peoples, Ewayon River region, Cross River Province, Nigeria, 17th–18th century. Wood.

Detail of Maternity Figure: Seated Mother and Child

Installation view of Warriors and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art

Seated Female Figure, Mbembe peoples, Ewayon River region, Cross River Province, Nigeria, 17th–18th century. Wood.

Maternity Figure: Mother and Child, Mbembe peoples, Ewayon River region, Cross River Province, Nigeria, 19th–early 20th century. Wood, pigment, seeds.

Seated Male Figure with Rifle and Bowler Hat, Mbembe peoples, Ewayon River region, Cross River Province, Nigeria, 19th–early 20th century. Wood.

Installation view of Warriors and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art

Installation view of Warriors and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art

Seated Female Figure, Mbembe peoples, Ewayon River region, Cross River Province, Nigeria, 17th–18th century. Wood.

Detail of Seated Female Figure

Installation view of Warriors and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art

Maternity Figure: Seated Mother and Child, Mbembe peoples, Ewayon River region, Cross River Province, Nigeria, 17th–18th century. Wood, nails.

Detail of Maternity Figure: Seated Mother and Child

Detail of Maternity Figure: Seated Mother and Child