60 und 66 cm.
Montol
Nigeria
Holz
- Galerie Walu, Zürich.
- Moritz von Oswald, Berlin (1995).
- Galerie Walu, Basel.
- Alterbestimmung mittels 14C-AMS Datierung: 100% vor 1955 ( AD 1649-1696 (24,2 %) / 1724-1816 (55,7 %) / 1921-1955 (20,1 %). - Ein Zertifikat der Galerie Walu (1998) wird dem Käufer ausgehändigt.
Mit Sockel / with base
40,000.00 CHF
60,000.00 CHF
„These figures are used in a men’s healing society called Kwompten (Goemail) or Komtin (Montol), whose activities are kept secret from women and uninitiated men. The basic symbol of the society is a pair of bush cow horns carried by its leader. Sacrificial blood and cereal beer are poured over the figures. Their owners – diviners or healers – determine the cause of clients’ afflictions by consulting a bowl of water that holds a sixpence and by interpreting the person’s dreams. Disease can be due to malignant spirits or witches. The doctor the makes an appropriate medicine. Figures such as these are also used in case of possession. Other examples can be found in the literature (Sieber 1974; Sieber 1961: not. 28-29, 32-35, 44; Sieber &Walker 1987:77)“
African Arts Volume XXXV, Number 1, Spring 2002, Easter Nigerian Art from the Toby and Barry Hecht Collection, Roy Sieber, Seite 62.
Weiterführende Literatur:
Kerchache, Jacques (1989). Die Kunst des schwarzen Afrika. Verlag Herder: Freiburg in Breisgau, Abb. 502.
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