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MU'PO BAMILEKE STATUETTE, Bamoun, West Cameroon - Lot 29

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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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