Relativ großer Kopf, leicht naturalistisch betont mit riesigen stilisierten Ohren über dem gelängten Körper. Einer der ausdrucksstärksten Beispiele dieser am Kunstmarkt sehr geschätzten Figuren der Mumuye.

Diese Mumuye-Ahnenfiguren werden streng geheim gehalten und vom Regenmacher des Dorfes betreut. Um sie mit Kraft zu laden werden sie neben den Schädeln bedeutender Ahnen aufbewahrt und regelmäßig beopfert.

Als Wächterfigur dienen sie dem Schutz des Hauses, bei einem Besuch hochgestellter Gäste werden sie vom Regenmacher ins Freie geholt, um die Bedeutung zu untermalen.

Der Regenmacher übt oft die Funktion des Richters aus, dabei helfen die Figuren den Schuldigen einer Angelegenheit zu finden und zu bestrafen. Bei Krankheiten werden sie in die Heilungsrituale integriert.

Dark, hard wood with a surface left in a natural condition. At the base are damages by and traces of insects and a little damage at the left ear. Restored. The piece is otherwise well preserved. It entered the market at the beginning of the eighties via Cameroon as one of the last existing figures of its kind,

This is an impressive, very abstracted figure in stake-style. Elegant elaboration with a sculpturally optimal small turn away from the axis of symmetry, giving the calm expression an enormous dynamic. The head is quite large, with a small naturalistic emphasis and huge stylized ears above the enlongated body. The piece is one of the most expressive examples for this type of figures of the Mumuye - and highly esteemed in the fine art trade.

These Mumuye ancestral figures are kept strictly secret and supervised by the village's rainmaker. To infuse them with power they are stored near the craniums of important ancestors and regularly receive sacrifices. As guardian figures, they also serve to protect the house. During visits from important personalities, they are brought out by the rainmaker to accentuate this importance. The rainmaker often acts as a judge, and the figures help to determine the guilty party in a case and to punish it. In the case of disease, they are integrated into the healing rituals.