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.
Comparing literature
Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk & Ineke Eisenburger (ed.), Forms of Wonderment, Vol. I, Berg en Dal 2002, p. 302