Fugure masculine debout

Nigéria, Montol

Provenance	Taille	Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Philippe & Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium	H: 50 cm	Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

grained wood, residues of black paint, rest., base

Figural sculpture of the Montol belongs to the mens secret society "komtin".

They were used to pass sentence after due deliberation, and were also employed in divination rituals organized to find the cause of an illness or to find a cure.

Lebas, Alain (ed.), Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections, Milan 2012, ill. 154 f.

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