Standing male figure "tadep" · Cameroun, Mambila · ID: 3040072
Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
Description
light wood, black, white and red paint, torso with bulging stomach and extremely short arms, egg-shaped head with a vaulted facial plane, dam., rep. (left heel), traces of insect caused damage, small missing parts, cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
used during healing rituals as well as being employed in casting spells to find a thief and cause him to fall ill. The culprit can then only recover if he admits his guilt and repairs the damage done. The statue was also an essential component in fertility rites. The figure definitely does not portray an ancestor. The local name of such sculptures would be “tadep”. Usually these were male-female pairs.
L’objet Standing male figure “tadep” avec l’ID d’objet 3040072 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 82nd Tribal Art Auction dans 27 février 2016 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 439 a atteint un prix de vente de 5 500 €.
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Publications
Van de Velde, Lucien & Joanna Teunen, From Benue River to Niger Delta, Antwerp 2012
AHDRC: 0096773
Exposition
Winter BRUNEAF, Brussels 2009