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Anthropomorphic pole figure "okuli" ·  Nigeria, Koro · ID: 3048199

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Provenance
Hans Petereit, Cologne, Germany
Size
H: 114 cm
H: 44.9 inch

Description

wood, base

“Okuli” were used to ritually pound the ground during great ceremonies.There are also pole figures with separate legs called “obakuli”. One of these is illustrated in Neyt, p. 34, fig. 9.


The object Anthropomorphic pole figure “okuli” with the object ID 3048199 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 240.

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Comparing literature

Neyt, Francois, Nigerian Primitivism, Brussels n.d., p. 34, fig. 9


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