Double figure ·  Nigeria, Chamba · ID: 3033137

Description

wood, brown patina, unusual representation, two figures (male/female) with cylindrical torsi rising from one pair of legs, partly coated with resin-like mass inset with abrus seeds (partly missing), min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
presumably a variation of the “tauwa” figure type, where a female version “tau-kendoa” and a male version “tau-wandoa” are known. They have no connection with ancestral cult; they present protective figures, which mainly should help against snake venom, but are used at harvest festivities as well.

The object Double figure with the object ID 3033137 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 133 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.

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Comparing literature

Fardon, Richard, Stelzig, Christine, Column to volume, London 2005, p. 43, ill. 4b