Standing figure ·  Nigéria, Mumuye · ID: 3028264

Description

wood, reddish brown encrusted patina, showing an u-shaped leg zone and typical coiffure, min. dam., cracks, insect caused damage, base;
Mumuye effigies have several functions. They reinforce the traditional power of the elders and grant a priviledged status to the family group who ownes them. The most important function of these sculptures is to watch over the family enclosure and to protect its inhabitants as well as guests who are allowed to enter. The effigy, through the intermediary of the soothsayer or healer, intervenes in healing practices in times of sicknesses or epidemics. In the family context, they may also exercise a judicial function: the statue honors truth and frustrates the traps set by a liar or a thief.

L’objet Standing figure avec l’ID d’objet 3028264 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 77th tribal art auction dans 28 juin 2014 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 321 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 800 €.

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Littérature comparée

Wittmer, Marcilene K., Arnett, William, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 90