Post figure "wundul" or "dumbun" · Nigéria, Wurkun · ID: 3033678
Vendu
1 000 €
Provenance
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany (1981)Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
Günter Christmann, Langenhagen, Germany (2006)
Description
wood, slightly encrusted brown patina, of characteristic form, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, fissures, on pedestal;
their function is to ensure the well-being of the owner and his family, with a special orientation towards the fertility of the crops. In most cases they were set up in the fields outside the teepee-like structure made of a grass mat, with a large pot for sacrifices nearby. Others were established on shrines within the owner’s compound like the Chambas “tauwa” figures and, like them, were used for curing illness by divination.
Littérature comparée
Evers, Christophe, Art of the Upper Benue River, Brüssel 2003, p. 34