Power figure "enok ateng" or "njom" · Cameroon, Keaka · ID: 3052194

Name: Power figure "enok ateng" or "njom"
SKU: 3052194
Price: 600 EUR
Availability: InStock

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Provenance

Swedish Private Collection
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 5 November 2016, lot 344
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden

Size

H: 33 cm

H: 13.0 inch

Description

wood, encrusted patina, base

Koloss reported that local Keaka healers used “medicin” or “power figures” called “enok ateng”, which means “fighting alone”. These figures were said to have been created to aid the healing process by helping to ward off evil forces.

Claessens sees the anthropomorphic figures as part of a larger category of ritual objects known as “ajom” (sing. “njom”) - “magic medicine”.

The object Power figure “enok ateng” or “njom” with the object ID 3052194 was part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale on September 24, 2025, lot number 239 at that time and is currently available for EUR 600 in Open sale.

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