Standing female figure · Nigeria/Cameroon, Mambila · ID: 3035736
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
Description
wood, encrusted brown patina, painted with dots in white and red, both hands up to the chin, bulging belly, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
much of Mambila art is associated with the seasonal cycles of planting and harvesting and the ancestral cult, whose material abode is the guarded shrine of every family compound. The real function of a figure cannot clearly be determined when once she has left her place of origin. Male figures might have served as guardians of the village - female figures might rather be seen in connection with fertility or as memorial figures.
The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3035736 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 187.
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