Lot n° 29
Estimation :
2000 - 3000
EUR
MU'PO BAMILEKE STATUETTE, Bamoun, West Cameroon - Lot 29
MU'PO BAMILEKE STATUETTE, Bamoun, West Cameroon
Wood with dark brown-black patina, hair.
H. 17 cm
Mu'po effigy with full lines, alternating roundness of the bust and head with sharp-edged lines on the limbs and face.
With a magical-religious function, this type of object was used by members of the Kun'ngan society, but was also intended to protect crops, aid in fruitful hunting, worn by pregnant women as a talisman, or to protect warriors.
See Pierre Harter, Arts anciens du Cameroun, Editions Arts d'Afrique noire, Arnouville, 1986, pp. 264-265 for related examples.
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