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Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands: Guardian Figure (Tadep)

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Guardian Figure (Tadep)

Culture: Mambila
Medium: Wood, pigment
Place Made: Mbamga village (?), Cameroon
Dates: late 19th or early 20th century
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 in. (21.6 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm)
Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 73.9.1
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gerofsky
Image: Overall, 73.9.1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Wooden ancestor figure. This figure has a heart shaped face with enlarged concave eye sockets, shelf like shoulders, a stomach and an abdomen which comes to points at their centers and enlarged feet. There are traces of white and reddish-orange coloring throughout. CONDITION: Checks throughout the genital area, stomach, left side and collar bone.

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