Small figure "mu po" ·  Prairie Camerounaise, Bamiléké · ID: 3042024

Description

wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, remains of pigments, small opening at the neck, a large rectangular opening on the backside, min. dam., small missing parts, plate;
Bamileke healers and soothsayers used such small wooden statuettes to represent their patients, who would be treated at a distance. Sometimes the statuettes have a cavity in the back into which magical substances would be placed and the cavity closed with a band of leather or cloth. Some of them would be carried by mask-wearing members of the “kungan” society during their big rituals.

L’objet Small figure “mu po” avec l’ID d’objet 3042024 a fait partie de l’enchère 85th Tribal Art Auction en 4 mars 2017 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 311.

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