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Statue (Jukun).
Nigeria.
Wood, height: 8 cm.
S. & J. Calmeyn Collection.These statues, representing ancestors, chiefs, their wives, and
servants, are displayed during the funerals of chiefs to fight against
disasters (epidemics, drought, war) or for harvest celebrations.