Female figure · Cameroon, Mambila · ID: 3048928
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Size
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch
Description
light wood, base
These figures are described in older literature as “ancestral figures (“tadep”), usually appearing as male-female couples.
Recent research has shown that they are more likely to be associated with medicinal societies (especially the “suàgà” society) and ritual protection.
The object Female figure with the object ID 3048928 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 239.
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Comparing literature
Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk & Ineke Eisenburger (ed.), Forms of Wonderment, Vol. I, Berg en Dal 2002, p. 302