Tadep Figure on Mask

Sùàgà association

Mambila Peoples

Donga River

Cameroon

Collection of Scott Lindenau - noted Architect and passionate collector of Ethnographic Art.

Carved Wood with necklace of woven bamboo., encrusted patina. mounted on Steel Stand.

Figure Measures 22" tall x 7" wide x 6" deep

On Custom Base it stands 31" tall.

Most of the Mambila art centers upon an healing association called Sùàgà (or Sua). The society is concerned with justice, fertility, ritual cleansing and, also defending the community from hostile neighbors and protecting it from witchcraft. The wooden figures (Tadep) are perhaps the most common type of sculptures in Mambila art.

The Mambila live in small, localized family hamlets. The houses of the compound are normally built around a central courtyard, which is kept cleared except for a small section in the middle where plants having magical powers grow. The majority of these are said to defend the compound against witches. Traditional Mambila religion includes witchcraft, spider or crab divination (ngam), and rituals relating to lunar cycles. The people are governed by priests whose laws come from the gods.

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