Standing ancestor figure "tadep" · Cameroon, Mambila · ID: 3053304
Starting price
EUR 1,500
Estimated price
EUR 3,000
Provenance
Roy & Sophia Sieber, Bloomington, Indiana, USASize
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
wood, pigments, miniature beads,
These figures were usually called ancestor or guardian figures in the literature. Much more likely, however, they seem to have been used ritually for healing ceremonies by a special association, the “suàgà” society.
Publications
Sieber, Roy, Interaction: The art styles of the Benue River Valley and East Nigeria, Lafayette 1974, ill. 27