Couple of figures

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Description

wood, greyish brown patina, chin with vertical incisions, radial scarifications in the corners of the mouth, large disc-shaped ears, the coiffure arranged in a flat lobe or crest, accentuation of the male gender (in most cases Mumuye figures are asexual), slightly dam., minor missing parts (fingers), insect caused damage, each on wooden plate;
Mumuye figures are all very different but at the same time immediately recognizable. This high degree of stylistic diversity is paralleled by the variety of functions of Mumuye figures: some were used as oracles, others in connection with healing, and still others reinforced the status of important elders as embodiments of vaguely conceived tutelary spirits.

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Comparing literature

Evers, Christophe, Art of the Upper Benue River, Brüssel 2003, p. 22

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