African art > African Statues > Mambila Fetish Despite their small number, the thirty thousand Mambila (or Mambilla, Mambere, Nor, Torbi, Lagubi, Tagbo, Tongbo, Bang, Ble, Juli, Bea) (the U.S.0022 men" , fulani), settled in northwestern Cameroon, have created a large number of masks and statues easily identifiable by their faces in the heart. Although the Mambila believe in a creative god named Chang or Nama, they worship only their ancestors. Like wheat, their leaders were buried in attics because they were supposed to symbolize prosperity. Masks and statues were not to be seen by women. This zoomorphic sculpture embodies a genius in the guise of a hybrid being, stylized, perchedDespite their small number, the thirty thousand Mambila (or Mambilla, Mambere, Nor, Torbi, Lagubi, Tagbo, Tongbo, Bang, Ble, Juli, Bea) (the " men" , in ...