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
Photographs by Corrado Serra