Small male figure

Description

wood, partly shiny brown patina, u-shaped legs, small head with crested coiffure and round eyes, min. dam., slightt races of abrasion, on base;
Mumuye figures are all very different but at the same time immediately recognizable. This high degree of stylistic diversity is paralleled by the variety of functions of Mumuye figures: some were used as oracles, others in connection with healing, and still others reinforced the status of important elders as embodiments of vaguely conceived tutelary spirits.