Julien Gauthier

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Tadep Mambila healing fetish, 
Donga Valley, Nigeria/Cameroon.

26.5 cm

Wood inlaid with a deep dark-brown patina, pigments.

At the border of Nigeria and Cameroon, in the Donga Valley, lives the Mambila people. This is a population of farmers and herders living in “difficult” coexistence with the larger Fulani population, nomadic herders.

Many works have been created within the Suaga, a system of masquerades and oaths accompanied by sacrifices.

fétiche de guérison Tadep Mambila, 
Vallée de la Donga, Nigéria/Cameroun.

26,5 cms


Bois incrusté d'une profonde patine brun-foncé, pigments.

À la frontière du Nigeria et du Cameroun, dans la vallée de la Donga, vit le peuple Mambila. Il s'agit d'une population d'agriculteurs et d'éleveurs en «difficile» cohabitation avec la population plus nombreuse des Fulani, éleveurs nomades.

De nombreuses oeuvres ont été réalisées dans le cadre du Suaga, système de mascarades et de serments accompagnés de sacrifices.

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Tadep Healing Fetish - Manbila - Cameroon

Late 20th century - Wood - Good condition

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