Mami Wata (Mother of Water) deity from the African Diaspora

'Mami Wata' Shrine Figure 
 1950s–1960s.Wood, pigment, metal, mixed media; 87.6cm (34½")
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University 1994.3.9; L2007.63.1 

Mami Wata figure, 1950s
Wood, pigment
From: The Norman Gabrick Endowment for African Art

Adolph Friedlander Company (possibly Christian Bettels)
Der Schlangenbandiger (The Snake Charmer), originally commissioned 1880s; reprinted 1955 Chromolithograph (reprinted from the original by the Shree Ram Calendar Company, Bombay, India)
35.6 cm (14")
Private collection 
From: the exhibition and book 'Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas', (2008)