African Tribal Art - Mumuye Statue

Ex-French collection.

The name of the collector will be communicated to the buyer.

The statuary from the northwest region of the middle Benoué, from the Kona Jukun, to the Mumuye and up to the Wurkun populations is distinguished by a certain sobriety, marked by the absence of ornamentation and a minimalist stylization. The 100,000 speakers of the Adamawa language form a group called Mumuye, organized in villages, called dola, divided into two main groups: those of fire (tjokwa), associated with blood and the color red, and who are the guardians of the vabong cult, from among whom the chiefs are elected; and those of water (tjozoza), linked to humidity and the color white. It is from this last group that the rain priests are chosen, initiated into the vadosong cult.

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