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Primitive Nyamwezi Ceremonial Water Divination Sorcerer’s Totem

Lot # 817187

1919 E Kilgore Service Road, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001

Kalamazoo, MI - Lotting Office

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Item Description

Primitive Nyamwezi Ceremonial Water Divination Sorcerer’s Totem

THREE Foot Tall, thin, Early 20th Century, Vintage Nyamwezi, Primitive Native African Wooden Stick Figurative Sculpture by unknown shaman artist. These are HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER Pieces, Gallery Price = $988.00. Nyamwezi carvers are famous for their “stick” figures carved from a dark hard wood. They tend to be very thin of stature and have elongated features with the face divided into two planes and most times, eyes inset with circular white beads (which are all present on this piece). These exaggerated figures with lengthened arms and legs were used in water divination ceremonies. The Nyamwezi people inhabit the land south of Lake Victoria. Nyamwezi or Nyamwezi, whose name means ‘Men of the Moon’, are the largest ethnic group living in Tanzania, with 500,000 people. Though they are large in number, socially they are organized into villages which corresponds to small chiefdoms. Each chief is responsible for the material wealth of the village, while the village sorcerer governs the spiritual welfare of the villagers. Protection of each family comes from the cult of ancestors, which plays an important religious role in the life of the Nyamwezi people.

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