Zemanek-Münster

Figure féminine ·  Cameroun, Mambila · ID: 3048928

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Description

light wood, base

These figures are described in older literature as “ancestral figures (“tadep”), usually appearing as male-female couples.

Recent research has shown that they are more likely to be associated with medicinal societies (especially the “suàgà” society) and ritual protection.


Littérature comparée

Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk & Ineke Eisenburger (ed.), Forms of Wonderment, Vol. I, Berg en Dal 2002, p. 302


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