PRIMORDIAL INSTINCT
(1964)

Original Dimensions:
38.5" x 8" x 6"

Original Materials:
Queen Ebony

This sculpture depicts female instinct for a child. In Ghanaian society childbirth is regarded as the first of God's blessings by most women. This sculpture tries to illustrate this strong desire by the attachment of a yet unborn child to the 'bosom' of its mother. It emphasizes the pre-eminence of breast milk as the most suitable and essential diet for a child. Other substitutes are last resorts. Recent sociological research appears to confirm that breast milk is essential for all round emotional adjustment. The figure concretizes an abstract Ghanaian idea - namely, the love that must be the lot of a child born into society.

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