Mami Wata

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Female skulpture with snake

Representation of an African water spirit, Mami Wata. Mami Wata depictions are mostly endowed with female attributes.The Mami Wata cult is mainly practised in West Africa and the Caribbean. The cult combines myth and mythical ideas based on female water deities, mermaids and snake priestesses.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ewe
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Height: 390.0 mm
Width: 130.0 mm
Depth: 130.0 mm
Material/Technique
Colour pigments, Wood, Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/3156

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1950 - 1996
  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    13.01.1997
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Africa (location/origin)
    Togo (location/origin)
    who
    Krieg, Karl H. - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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