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A Mumye sculpture from North Est Nigeria, uprising from wedge-shaped feet, legs merging in a zig-zag shape, the slender concave torso with a pointed neval, the arms in open work ending in finlike hands, the ovoid head with large ears. At first glance the figure appears symmetrical, but upon closer inspection one discovers a certain asymmetry, which seems to give the figure a certain movement.

Presumably this is not so much the intention of the carver as it is the special nature of the material - wood. However, due to the size of the figure, it is rather the tree trunk from which the figure was carved that creates the impression of movement due to the asymmetry. In the case of healing figures, it is the fetishist who prescribes a certain wood for the figure that the carver has to carve. It is not always possible to find a tree trunk in a perfect, symmetrical shape, which is not the primary intention. Much more important is the type of wood and where the wood is to be felled. Not only in the case of the Mumuye, this means that almost all figures have a greater or lesser degree of asymmetry.

Lit.: Frank Herreman/Constantine Petridis, Mumuye, five Continents, page 32/33.

Weight: 6,3 kg

Nigeria - Fair condition -  heavily used & with possibly minor parts missing

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