Anjenu statue Idoma - Nigeria

Female spirit statue (Anjenu) originating from the Idoma peoples that live south of the Benue river. The statue evokes a spiritual protective power that inhabits the water or the bush and sometimes appears in dreams. This spirit is beneficial in three cases: affairs of money, illness, and fertility. The most marked Idoma characteristic is the face which resembles the white masks that are also made by this ethnic group, but also the scarification marks in front of the ears as well as the vertical one on the forehead, and the blackened lips surrounding the mouth with its clearly visible teeth. The bodily scarification marks are exceptional.

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