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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11186209, member: 8267&quot;]I would add that if the object proves to have been used in traditional divination practices, or a &quot;medicine&quot; container, or even simply a doll, I doubt that it would be a subject for repatriation. Such items would have been personal possessions of the practitioner/user, not held in common by the community like some Native American medicine bundles are.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, here is one that is identified as having been used in community ceremonies, representing an ancestor. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.afrique-arts.com/detail.php?id=561" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.afrique-arts.com/detail.php?id=561" rel="nofollow">https://www.afrique-arts.com/detail.php?id=561</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Their description -</p><p>&quot;Statue aux menbres articulés,connues sous le nom d&#039;amaléba, et utilisée après les récoltes,accompagnée de musiciens et danseurs,lors des cérémonies liées à la saison sèche.Ce type de sculpture, à laquelle des matières fétiches sont attachées,est sensé illustrer des ancêtres.</p><p>1ère moitié du 20eme sc.(Nafaya)&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>translation -</p><p>A statue with articulated limbs, known as an amaléba, used after the harvest, accompanied by musicians and dancers, during ceremonies associated with the dry season. This type of sculpture, to which fetish materials are attached, is believed to represent ancestors.</p><p>First half of the 20th century (Nafaya)</p><p><br /></p><p>However, other &quot;amaleba&quot; figures I have found are much larger, and carved entirely of wood.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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