Zemanek-Münster

Male ancestor spirit figure "edjo"

Nigeria, Urhobo
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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