Check the listing for details. Statuette Mambila from Nigeria. Listed at 637.10 USD. The Mambila, people of farmers and breeders, live partly in the south-east of Nigeria and especially in the north-west of Cameroon. What little we know of their customs and culture boils down to the use of helmet masks and statuettes. They are best known for their statuettes, recognizable by their heart-shaped faces and pot-bellied silhouettes, supposed to personify the ancestors who, according to Mambila beliefs, are responsible for the prosperity of the tribe. These sculptures, standing on short bent legs, show a large head whose face is surrounded by hair made of wooden tenons. this sculpture, in good condition, shows remains of bluish and white tints a somewhat grainy patina a loincloth made of raffia surrounding a pelvis with a pronounced masculine penis free shipping within the Eur.