An ancient and powerful female statuette with arching legs and arms, a particular feature of Mama statuary. She is adorned with a pearl necklace, and a brass ring, probably an offering, is fixed to the top of her skull like a "sensor" or "receiver" connected to the head of this sculpture, part of a particularly rare corpus. Mama, Nigeria Wood, pigment, resin, pearls, cotton, brass and very fine patina. Height: 44cm Provenance: Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, June 16, 1988, no. 76 Hélène Leloup Collection, Paris Passed on by descent