Equestrian figure "putchu guinadji" · Cameroon / Chad, Kotoko · ID: 3046682
sold
EUR 800
Size
H: 6,5 cm
H: 2.6 inch
Description
brass, base
“Putchu guinadji” are talismans that are supposed to bring good luck to their wearer, but above all to offer protection from evil spirits.
Numbering about 100000 people, the Kotoko have their settling area in the northernmost edge of Cameroon and adjacent parts of Nigeria and Tchad.