Standing ancestor figure

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Description

wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, metal rings around hips and neck, min. dam., cracks, insect caused missing parts (right foot tip), abrasion of paint, base;
Mumuye figures are all very different but at the same time immediately recognizable. This high degree of stylistic diversity is paralleled by the variety of functions of Mumuye figures: some were used as oracles, others in connection with healing, and still others reinforced the status of important elders as embodiments of vaguely conceived tutelary spirits.

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Publications

Neyt, Francois, Mumuye, Paris 2006, p. 105, ill. 9

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