Standing female figure "tadep" · Nigeria / Kamerun, Mambila Plateau, Mambila · ID: 3048021
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USASize
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch
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.
The object Standing female figure “tadep” with the object ID 3048021 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 229 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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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.