wood, red and blackish brown patina, scarification marks aside the mouth, slightly dam., minor missing parts (breasts, left arm and hand, lobes, skirt), paint rubbed off, metal plate;
carved figures mostly appear in connection with the mens society "kwompten", whose activities are kept strictly confidential from non-initiates and women. Obviously they were used for healing rites, at which the figures task is to find out the cause of the illness. In return the convalescent has to arrange a feast for the village community and has to sacrifice a goat and millet.
H: 43 cm, H: 16,9 inch
Provenance:
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Lit.: Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 166
Continent: Africa

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