African Mami Wata Standing Figure — Handcarved Wooden Sculpture

Tall, serene, and radiating water spirit power — this handcarved African wooden sculpture depicts a standing Mami Wata figure — a slender, elegant woman with a bold fan-shaped headdress, arms folded at her chest cradling a small figure, her lower body a bold large-scale fish scale column with a sweeping fin curling dramatically at the back, all mounted on a bold ribbed round base, carved in warm pale natural hardwood with extraordinary sculptural elegance and cultural depth. The figure is a masterwork of tall, slender figurative carving — her face serene and composed with bold arched brows, narrow deeply set eyes, a broad nose, and a slightly parted mouth, crowned by a bold fan-shaped headdress with bold fine vertical line marks radiating upward from the crown. Her neck is long and elegant, her torso slender and beautifully modelled, her arms folded across her chest — her hands cradling a small bold figure or object at her midriff. Below the waist, her body transforms into a bold large-scale fish scale column — each scale a bold carved oval form, the scales covering the entire lower body in a rich, rhythmic, all-over pattern. At the back of the lower body, a bold sweeping fin form curves outward and upward in a dramatic arc, its surface covered in bold fine parallel line marks. The base is a bold round disc with bold fine vertical ribbing marks covering its surface. The entire sculpture is carved from warm pale natural hardwood — its surface smooth and even where the body is carved and richly textured at the scales, fin, headdress, and base. A work of extraordinary sculptural elegance, mythic presence, and cultural beauty.

Details

• Original handcarved one-of-a-kind sculpture — not a reproduction
• Carved from warm pale natural hardwood
• Subject: standing Mami Wata with bold fan headdress and fish scale lower body
• Bold large-scale fish scale column — sweeping fin at back
• Arms folded cradling small figure at chest
• Bold ribbed round base — freestanding
• A powerful collector's piece or bold interior statement

Dimensions

• Height: 30 inches
• Width: 6 inches