Small standing protective figure

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Description

wood, dark brown patina, remains of kaolin, of typical form, carved with an loincloth, oval head with a hole and a horn on top of the head, min. dam., wooden socle;
such small protective figures served the general well being, they should bring luck and beauty, should protect pregnant women and increase fertility.

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Littérature comparée

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 257

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