A Major Urhobo Figure...

Description

A Major Urhobo Figure
Nigeria, Late 19th to first quarter of the 20th century

Of a monumental scale for carvings from the region. The yellow ocher, red, black, and white paints vibrant in color. The seated male figure wears a strikingly large stovepipe hat and a necklace of large coral beads. Under the hat is a forehead band with seven sharply pointed, claw or talon-like hooks. He holds a circular fan in his proper right hand, and a small gourd vessel in his left. All of his body adornments symbolize his important status. In good condition, appropriate for its age, mediums, and use; the center of the platform eroded away, equally the center of the stovepipe hat eroded.

Provenance:
Property from the Collection of Dr. Richard and Jan Baum, Los Angeles, CA

Exhibited:
Ways of the River: Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta, Fowler Museum, UCLA, May 19, 2002 - November 17, 2002

Height: 60 ½ inches

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