Anthropomorphic ritual object "imborivungu" · Nigeria, Tiv · ID: 3043944
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Provenance
French Private CollectionSize
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch
Description
(human?) bone, clay, abrus seeds, cowrie shells, human hair, base
The traditional use of these objects relates to the legend of a Tiv ancestor known as “poor”. According to local legend, his original thigh bone was removed so that his memory would be perpetuated. Over time, the original artifact was lost, and was substituted with relics.
The object Anthropomorphic ritual object “imborivungu” with the object ID 3043944 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 305.
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Publications
J. Kerchache & J.-L. Paudrat u.a., Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Freiburg, Basel, Wien 1988, p. 556, ill. 934
AHDRC: 0153720