Figure; standing male figure; carved wood with flexed knees; resting on wood column; carved necklace with figure-8 shaped pendant in relief; hat on head; traces of white and orange pigment; pedestal base; damage to penis, left hand; split on abdomen, left forearm and right leg; some old repairs; height 1.35 m
Donor:
Bob Merrell
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Urhobo
Culture or time period:
Urhobo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies