Rare couple of terracotta ancestor figures ·  Cameroon, Mambila, Donga Valley · ID: 3039163

Description

brown coating, remains of red and white pigment, cord, feathers, stocky bodies with voluminous breasts and neckless large heads, prominent genitalia, holes for insertion of magical substances, slightly dam., minor missing parts, rest., plate;
less is known about the use of earthenware figures of the Mambila. Similar power figures were placed in palm gardens during wine-making, although we do not know for certain whether they were used as a protection against theft or to help ensure that the wine fermented properly. Because of the special accentuation of the sexual characteristics and the navel a usage in context with fertility rites would be thinkable.

L’objet Rare couple of terracotta ancestor figures avec l’ID d’objet 3039163 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 82nd Tribal Art Auction dans 27 février 2016. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 437 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 000 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 800 €.

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Littérature comparée

Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk & Ineke Eisenburger (ed.), Forms of Wonderment, Vol. I, Berg en Dal 2002, p. 303

Publications

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Keramik aus Schwarz-Afrika und Alt-Amerika, Zürich 1985, p. 196 f.