African art has two types of Azande statues: The Kudu statues represent ancestors, and the Yanda statues of animal or human form, having an apotropaic role, exhibited during divinatory rites during the rituals of the Mani . Miniature version of a yanda figure, established on a large rounded pelvis surmounting bent legs. The face carved with huge concave globes is typical of this type of Zande ritual charm. Glossy dark patina revealing the grain of the wood. Patina of use lustrous by gripping, nuanced shade of brown, one arm missing. Formerly designated under the name "Niam-Niam" because considered as cannibals, the tribes grouped under the name of Zande, Azandé, settled, coming from Chad, on the border of the R.D.C. (Zaire), Sudan and the Central African Republic. According to their beliefs, man is endowed with two souls, one of which is transformed upon his death into an animal-totem of the clan to which he belongs. The Yanda statuettes were exhibited in divinatory seances during which the head of the society smeared them with paste and blew smoke on them. Ref. : "Ubangi" J.L. Grootaers. Mercator Fund.
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