Carved wood and pigments Early 20th century Height: 26 ¾ in. Ex collection Jacques Kerchache Ex collection Armando Scamperle Ex collection Cyrille Morgoulis Published: Passion d’Afrique, JL Paudrat E. Cossa, 2009, p. 82

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Hidden Harmony: An Exquisite Private Collection

Mumuye Statue, Nigeria

Height: 51 1/2 in (130.8 cm)

artcurial.com Provenance : Jean-Michel Huguenin et Edouard Klejman, Paris, vers 1970 Collection Pierre Parat, Paris - See more at: http://www.artcurial.com/fr/asp/fullCatalogue.asp?salelot=3124++++++28+&refno=10580936#sthash.4gBgwuup.dpuf

JUKUN ANCESTOR FIGURE, BENUE RIVER VALLEY, NIGERIAWood, metalHeight: 29 in (73.7 cm)

Mumuye 60 cm -

Sculptures Mumuye. Exposition Nigeria. Arts de la vallée de la Bénoué au musée du quai Branly (Paris)

The Road to the Unconscious presents works by Bronwyn Katz, Donna Huanca, Su Chang, Beth Letain and Brent Wadden alongside pieces by unknown African artists hailing from the Fang (Gabon), Mumuye (Nigeria), Senufo (Ivory Coast or Mali), and Luba (Democratic Republic of Congo) people.

light brown wood, partly encrusted patina, reddish brown paint, black paint remains, showing abstract forms, plant fibres, two circular drillings at the back, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, base. The Mama are an ethnic group in northern Nigeria, to the west of the Geomai between the town of Jos and the river Benue. Like the Mambila, Mumuye and other groups of the Nigerian Plateau they were known as fierce warriors, and cannibals. The Mama people became especially known for their highly abstract antelope and buffalo masks. Figures are rather rare and only little is known about their use. According to Frank, there is only one cult represented by carved figures. This is called “tabalak” and causes and heals skin diseases. The figures were kept in secret and used in the healing ceremonies.