Artwork Details
8 x 2 x 2-1/2 in.
Accession NumberEmma Harter Sweetser Fund
CopyrightPurchased by the John Herron Art Institute, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1928.
In ancient Egyptian and other African cultures, maternity images embodied the continuity of the life cycle. A woman's most important function was to produce children. Maternity figures show a young mother at the height of her reproductive powers.
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