
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.

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

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.

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

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