Fetish
Bamileke · Cameroon
Reference: FET-56
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- Height
- 14 cm
- Material
- Hippopotamus bone
Powerfully magical objects of secret societies, particularly in Grassland and especially in Bafousam. These secret societies, through the council of seven-member notables or the institutions created…
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Full original description
Powerfully magical objects of secret societies, particularly in Grassland and especially in Bafousam. These secret societies, through the council of seven-member notables or the institutions created around the "chefféries" (chiefs), like the nine notables, consolidate and control the real power. These small bone figures carry in a hole of the head the magic substances that confer upon them the power to attract rain when invoked. Bone white patina.
Further technical information
- Width
- 3 cm
- Attributed period
- Years 60
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Cameroon. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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