ancestor figure couple - Cord, Wood - pygmées - Tikar - Cameroun

FUNCTION: of a protective function, these fetishes depicting ancestors are exhibited on village altars and participate in the ancestors’ cult. POPULATION: Tikar, a Pygmy people. MATERIAL(S) : very hard red wood with a shiny patina of manipulation, with strings around the neck as necklace decoration. DIMENSIONS: 28 cm of height for each piece. STATE OF PRESERVATION: important antiquity cracks on the face of the masculine figure; cracks on the backside of the feminine one; without any restoration. PROVENANCE: former André Defyn collection, former African Art dealer in the 1970s/1980s, transmitted by descent; Farafi Gallery in Aix en Provence. Careful shipment via express parcel with track & track (Colissimo suivi) .