Male ancestor spirit figure "edjo" ·  Nigéria, 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

Littérature comparée

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