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Description : wood, pigments, base According to records kept by the French colonial administrator Poupon (1918/19), the Kuyu were divided into two groups: the western group traditionally followed the teachings of the Panther, while the eastern Kuyu revered the serpent djo as their mythical ancestor. The dyo ceremony was performed to reactivate the link between the Kuyus identity and their myth of origins. Using mime, songs and dances, skilful staging recalled how dyo the serpent created ebongo and ebongo created the eouya, who were already humans. During the kébé kébé dances, diokou, the father, and ebotita, the mother, appear - extraordinary intermediary entities, half snake, half human - the primordial couple of the Kuyu. A.- M. Bénézech conducted very extensive studies on Kuyu head sculptures. She classifies a very similarly designed head, which also bears a crocodile on its head, as a diokou, the father or husband (Bénézech, 2021, pl. 31). Published In: Afrique Noire, Sculptures des Collections Privées Suisses, La Chaux-de-Fonds1971, No. 70 AHDRC: 0013306 Continent: Africa
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