Nursing Woman with Child
https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.198
Beyond its specific depiction of a mother nursing her child, this sculpture symbolizes a larger concept of ancestral motherhood that is central to Senufo society, in which cultural inheritance is matrilineal. The darkened areas of wood come from oils applied to its surface as...
Sculpture
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id
136656
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contentType
sculpture
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| citation |
citation
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| rights |
rights
CC0
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
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"Q60760770"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1961.198
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Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.198/1961.198_web.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.198/1961.198_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.198/1961.198_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Technique
Wood and organic material
Medium
Wood and organic material
Genre
Sculpture
Department
African Art
Relations
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