AFRICAN QUEEN ethnic sculpture

Beautiful African sculpture on pedestal, which represents the queen and the infants. It comes from a culture unknown to us, but with his art, They have the desire to show their calm and simple way of living in harmony with nature, where every detail was done with a reason and not at random. This sculpture circa 1960.
All work was done manually, from a tree trunk. Once the wood is carved, it is covered with embossed brass and decorated with cowries and colored glass paste grains., the same ones that are taken one by one with raffia and glued on fabric treated with vegetable oils.
The decoration with cowrie, It is used in the stool and the rest of the decoration with grains of colored glass paste., privileged use for the royal family.
Note that the height of the queen is greater than that of the king and the height of the infanta is greater than that of the infant..
Mother's height: 160 cm
Girl's height: 74 cm
child's height: 71 cm