Standing female figure "tadep"

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Description

wood, pigments, base

These figures were usually called ancestor or guardian figures in literature. Much more likely, however, they seem to have been used ritually for healing ceremonies by a special association, the “suàgà” society.

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Comparing literature

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 238 Schwartz, Nancy, Mambilla, Milwaukee 1972, p. 19 ff.

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