Standing male figure "ekpu" · Nigéria, Oron · ID: 3033807
Serge Trully, Cannes, France
Description
light brown wood, pear-shaped body, head with long beard and hat-like headgear, min. dam., fragmentary, strong traces of insect caused damage, traces of weathering, cracks, on wooden base;
ancestors were not only venerated by masquerades, but they were actually personified in carved images which were kept on ancestral shrines. On certain occasions they were sacrificed, because they were still members of the lineage. The style of their carving is unique and unparalleled anywhere else in the country.
L’objet Standing male figure “ekpu” avec l’ID d’objet 3033807 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 71st tribal art auction dans 24 novembre 2012 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 262 a atteint un prix de vente de 6 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Nicklin, Keith, Ekpu, London 1999, p. 84