This unusual and engaging figure is from the Longuda or Cham/Mwana ethnic groups of eastern Nigeria. These pseudovessels were called kwandalowa by the Longuda and ininate by the Cham and Mwana. Used for soothsaying, healing diseases in animals and humans and for the protection and safety of children, they are only remembered by a few older people living today.

It measures 12” high and has some surface loss – please see photos. #6007  SOLD