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Description : Oron Male Figure, Nigeria ekpu Light brown wood Height 25in (63.5cm) Provenance Max Rouayroux, Nice/Paris Loudmer, Poulain & Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Lot 114 Loudmer, Paris, 1 December 1984, Lot 93 Ambassador Vokaer, Belgian Ambassador to Portugal in 1980s Pierre Robin, Arts Primitifs, Paris Martin Lerner Collection, New York, acquired from the above in 1985 As noted by Ellen Elsas, ' Ekpo represent specific male ancestors and serve as repositories for their spirits. The size and elaborateness of the carving depended on the wealth and status of the deceased. [. . .] The figures were kept in a special building called obio and received periodic sacrifices of food and wine. Ekpo figures have not been made since the early twentieth century and are among the oldest surviving African wood carvings.' ( Nigerian Sculpture: Bridges to Power, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1984, p.50) For further information on this lot please visit the website
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