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Italiano: Camerun. Statua Bangwa. Società ku'n'gan   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Italiano: Camerun. Statua Bangwa. Società ku'n'gan
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Italiano: STATUA MU'PO - I volumi del corpo sono massicci, le gambe aperte, le braccia piegate a toccare le spalle. La testa poggia su un collo robusto e presenta bocca spalancata, occhi globulari, grosso naso e guance gonfie.

Le figure mu'po sono possedute dagli indovini che le utilizzano per conoscere passato e futuro e nella lotta contro la stregoneria, di cui si fa carico la società ""segreta"" maschile ku'n'gan (Harter 1986). Il ventre prominente rimanda alla fertilità delle donne e della terra. Talvolta presentano una cavità ventrale nella quale viene inserita la ""medicina"". Le statuette più piccole vengono portate in mano nel corso di danze rituali, mentre le più grandi vengno esposte pubblicamente in occasione di particolari cerimonie (nggu).

La storia di una persona e suoi eventuali relazioni alla stregoneria passano dal suo ventre e per questo i Bamileke (gruppo di cui i Bangwa fanno parte) nei casi sospetti erano soliti ricorrere all'autopsia per scoprire la verità delle cose.
Date 20th century
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Dimensions height: 38.5 cm (15.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,38.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q3928496
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Passaré 00252
Object history
  • Collezione Passaré
Notes Ivan Bargna (author of source for first revision), Carolina Orsini (scientific director)
References
  • P. Amrouche, G. Arnaldi, Via Passaré, Alessandro Passaré, Fondazione Passaré, Milano, 2007.
Source/Photographer Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco
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