Small janiform power figure "mu po" · Prairie Camerounaise, Bamiléké · ID: 3040627
German Private Collection, Berlin
Description
wood, black patina, partly encrusted, male and female, standing back to back, identical formed, small deepening on one side, slightly dam., base;
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 body 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 janiform power figure “mu po” avec l’ID d’objet 3040627 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 83rd Tribal Art Auction dans 28 mai 2016 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 327 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 500 €.
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