Fugure masculine debout ·  Nigéria, Montol · ID: 3046646

Description

grained wood, residues of black paint, rest., base

Figural sculpture of the Montol belongs to the mens secret society “komtin”.

They were used to pass sentence after due deliberation, and were also employed in divination rituals organized to find the cause of an illness or to find a cure.

Littérature comparée

Lebas, Alain (ed.), Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections, Milan 2012, ill. 154 f.