Figure "tauwa" · Nigeria, Chamba · ID: 3041747
Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria
Description
wood, slightly encrusted brown patina, staff-like figure, iron tip at the bottom, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
“tauwa” figures are pure protective figures, which should help against snake poison, but they were used at harvest festivities as well. They were kept in small huts called “wula tauwa”, where they were stuck into the ground.
The object Figure “tauwa” with the object ID 3041747 was part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction on May 27, 2017. The object with the lot number 35 achieved a sales price of EUR 700 with an asking price of EUR 650.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 107
Publications
AHDRC: 0141976