Manila - Manila - Cameroon (No reserve price)

Anthropomorphic jar Despite their small numbers, the thirty thousand Mambila (or Mambilla, Mambere, Nor, Torbi, Lagubi, Tagbo, Tongbo, Bang, Ble, Juli, Bea) (the "men" in Fulani), settled in the northwest of Cameroon, on both sides of the Cameroon–Nigeria border, have created a large number of masks and statues easily identifiable by their heart-shaped faces. Although the Mambila believe in a creator god named Chang or Nama, they venerate only their ancestors. Their chiefs were buried in granaries, as they were believed to symbolize prosperity. The Mambila are farmers and mainly cultivate coffee. Their masks and statues were not to be seen by women. It is these women who typically made the ceramic vessels.

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