Standing figure "tadep" · Cameroon, Mambila · ID: 3041441
Jean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Description
wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, red and white pigment, concave vaulted diamond-shaped face, painted with signs and emblems, slightly dam., cracks (back), insect caused missing parts (leg zone), abrasion of paint, base;
figures like this were commonly described as ancestor representations or guardian figures. Rather, it would appear to be a ritual object connected with a healing association called “suàgà”. The local name of such sculptures would be “tadep”. Usually these were male-female pairs. Together with other “suàgà” paraphernalia, they were stored in granaries.
L’objet Standing figure “tadep” avec l’ID d’objet 3041441 a fait partie de l’enchère 84th Tribal Art Auction en 5 novembre 2016 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 346.
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Littérature comparée
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 238 Gebauer, Paul, Art of Cameroon, New York 1979, M 23