Small male power figure "mu po" · Prairie Camerounaise, Bamiléké · ID: 3034168
Christie’s New York, 11 November 1993, lot 104
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Description
wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, cord, rectangular deepening in the back with remains of magical loading, slightly dam., minor missing parts (surface structure of the face, foot tips), 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 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 male power figure “mu po” avec l’ID d’objet 3034168 a fait partie de l’enchère 72nd tribal art auction en 9 mars 2013 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 109.
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Littérature comparée
von Lintig, Bettina, Cameroun, Paris 2006, p. 78