Male ancestor spirit figure "edjo", Nigeria, Urhobo, Size: H: 94 cm (H: 37.0 inch), ID: 3038839

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Lot 354

80th Tribal Art Auction

Male ancestor spirit figure "edjo" · Nigeria, Urhobo · ID: 3038839

sold EUR 1,750

Provenance

Dave de Roche, San Francisco, USA

Size

H: 94 cm

H: 37.0 inch

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

Comparing literature

Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 41

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