Jukun
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Traditionally, jukun society was governed by a monarchysource: wikipediacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe jukun-speaking peoples trace their ancestry to the rulers of the kingdom of kwararafa, a state which existed in western africa from the 14th through to the 18th centuriesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenowadays this region is dominated by islamists and the country is shaped by a large wave of refugees, which means that traditional culture and its ritual objects are destroyed in a way like never beforeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia female ku-jukun sculpture, northern nigeria, fragmentary feets, shortened legs, a slender torso with a portruding navel, drop-shaped sagging breats, long arms bend inward and attached to the belly, an enlogated cylindrical neck, an oval head, abstract fascial features, on the top a helmed-like cioffure, scarification marks on the body; encrusted scarification patina, an age crack on the right leg, signs of age, and ritual useku-jukun (last photo)
195 €
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'wurkun' is derived from a jukun phrase meaning 'people of the hills'a wurkum sculpture, northern nigeria; blackened patinathe western part of the muri mountains, in karim lamido local government, taraba statecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesource: empire networkare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwurkun identity is not based on linguistic grounds, but on common historical experiences and cultural featuresthere is no single ethnic group called or calling themselves wurkun; it is a generic term covering a number of groups - kulung, piya, kwonci, kode - mainly living in the hilly region of wurkun district, i
153 €
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“akuma” mask by the jukun people of nigeriacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe mask is worn tilted backwards at an angle of about thirty degrees from the vertical lineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebelonging to the "akuma" cult, the mask has been used in various waysare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
60 €