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Small figure "mu po" - Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke

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Small figure "mu po" - Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke

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wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, remains of pigments, small opening at the neck, a large rectangular opening on the backside, min. dam., small missing parts, plate;
Bamileke healers and soothsayers used such small wooden statuettes to represent their patients, who would be treated at a distance. Sometimes the statuettes have a cavity in the back into which magical substances would be placed and the cavity closed with a band of leather or cloth. Some of them would be carried by mask-wearing members of the "kungan" society during their big rituals.
H: 15 cm, H: 5,9 inch
Provenance:
Galerie Majestic, Paris, France
Continent: Africa

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Small figure "mu po" - Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke

Name: Small figure \"mu po\" - Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
SKU: 50969755
Price: 2000 EUR
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