Urhobo Shrine Wood Figure Nigeria

A standing figure with large head identified as an Urhobo figure from Nigeria at a crossroads of cultural and artistic interactions between various peoples. This figure is shown in a common Urhobo stance seen in other larger Urhobo sculpted ancestral figures known as edjo. The straightforward position of this figure with the lower arms bent at right angles with a slightly opened mouth all topped by a European style hat. The figure shows age and long use through the timeless surface with signs of wear throughout the body. Liittle is known about objects of this type. Figures among the Urhobo , a part from the fact that among the Urhobo such figures were mainly used as persomal shrine(Iphri) which uses are similar to those of the Ikenga Shrine figures from the Igbo.