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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;journeymagazine, post: 2931713, member: 84&quot;]OK I found these thrift store hunting today; I almost just bought the female because the male was missing a spear or something in 1 hand, but they looked so much alike with their jewelry/accent pieces I thought they went together &amp; so bought both (they were $39 &amp; $49!).</p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed the make had a smaller base than the &quot;rim&quot; you see when it&#039;s standing on the ground, and I figured it must have been part of something bigger that it went into/sat on (like a tea pot lid). </p><p><br /></p><p>The female has a baby in her arms but the way she&#039;s holding it, it looks like she&#039;s about to hand it over to someone or thrust it away(?) - it is not a loving embrace - also a large bowl on her head that I first thought was for flowers - and I started to think this was a tourist piece - and finally, she is sitting on a man&#039;s head! </p><p><br /></p><p>But then it clicked that the male statue&#039;s base had the same design as the rim of the bowl and when I sat it on top of the female statue/bowl - it was a perfect fit!!</p><p><br /></p><p>What do I have here? Where are they from? What was it for? (fertility? Protection? Marriage?)&nbsp; What is the stick/wand the man is holding for? (what went in his other hand?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Together it stands just under 5ft tall (4&#039; 11&quot;) </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never seen anything like this!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank for any info and I hope you find it as intriguing as I do!</p><p><br /></p><p>PS - At the end are a couple of photos I took once I got it inside - I will probably do them all again inside since it&#039;s much clearer - but look at how she is holding the child?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]286858[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]286859[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]286861[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]286862[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]286863[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]286864[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]286865[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]286866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]286867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]286868[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>MORE PHOTOS BELOW (I took more than 10 - sorry!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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