Jukun
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Traditionally, jukun society was governed by a monarchyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiku-jukun (last photo)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea 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 usesource: wikipediaplease 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 centuriesnowadays 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 beforecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
195 €
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'wurkun' is derived from a jukun phrase meaning 'people of the hills'the western part of the muri mountains, in karim lamido local government, taraba stateare 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 featuresour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesource: empire networkplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethere 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, ia wurkum sculpture, northern nigeria; blackened patinacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
153 €
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“akuma” mask by the jukun people of nigeriaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe 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 storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebelonging to the "akuma" cult, the mask has been used in various ways
60 €