Male ancestor spirit figure "edjo" · Nigeria, Urhobo · ID: 3038839
Description
light wood, half kneeling, half sitting, beautiful modelled body and facial features, regular and well-rounded, the original grounding with white pigment strongly abraded and chipped off in parts, the surface structure strongly marked by insect caused damage and coated by fine cracks, missing parts (both forearms, head, base), metal plate
The object Male ancestor spirit figure “edjo” with the object ID 3038839 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 354 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,750.
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Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 41