H : 24 cm

First part of XXth century

 The aphorism most often connected to figures like this one featuring multiple heads surmounting an elephant's foot, generally known as sakimatwematwe, is "Mr. Many-Heads who has seen an elephant on the other side of the large river" The text bears on the superior knowledge and insight of the high initiate. He sees and knows things unseen and unknown to others. *

*Biebuyck D.,Ethics and Beauty Lega in the Heart of Africa,Brussels, 2002, p.126.

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