Jukun
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Traditionally, jukun society was governed by a monarchyku-jukun (last photo)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenowadays 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 beforesource: wikipediaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea 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 useare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe 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 centuries
195 €
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'wurkun' is derived from a jukun phrase meaning 'people of the hills'there 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, iour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewurkun identity is not based on linguistic grounds, but on common historical experiences and cultural featuressource: empire networkthe western part of the muri mountains, in karim lamido local government, taraba statecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea wurkum sculpture, northern nigeria; blackened patinaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
153 €
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“akuma” mask by the jukun people of nigeriaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe mask is worn tilted backwards at an angle of about thirty degrees from the vertical lineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebelonging 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 €