Anyi Attye Seated Maternity Figure with Children Cote d'Ivoire

Overall Condition: Good. Most of our pieces have spent decades on at least two continents, and have been treasured by several owners.

Damage/Repair: Surface scratches and dirt.

Anyi, also spelled Agni, African people who inhabit the tropical forest of eastern Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana and speak a language of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family. About the middle of the 18th century most of the Anyi were expelled from Ghana by the Asante and migrated westward.