Figure masculine assise "ntekpe" avec arme et chapeau

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Description

terracotta, pigments, base

The figures “ntekpe” are placed at shrines, they are also called “children of the shrine”. They should offer protection and help in an emergency.

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Littérature comparée

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 455

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