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Male magic figure

§On the high cylindrical head with a high forehead is a round top, interrupted at the centre of the side by a bulge, from which two rods hang down on the front left and right, reaching to the eyebrows and tapering downwards. There is a similar cone in the centre, but only reaching up to the forehead and resting against it. Another small pierced rod protrudes from the top. The back of the head has two projections from which two cone-like, downwardly tapering structures hang down. The eyebrows are represented by a transverse furrow running from ear to ear. Below this is a bulge of equal length, to which the semicircular eyes and the long, narrow nose are attached. The ears are semi-circular, the mouth protrudes in a box shape and shows the row of upper teeth. There is a ribbon around the neck, below which is a box-shaped protruding object like the mouth. A A vessel (?) hangs from a collar on the chest. The handless arms are pressed backwards, the legs are bent

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Djukum (Jukun, Djukun, Djikum)
Object type
Male magic figure
Dimensions
Objektmaß: ca. 64 x 14 x 14 cm
Gewicht: < 2 kg kg
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 16062

Provenance and sources

where
Nigeria [Land/Region]
Isoko (?)
who
Urhobo (?)
Djukum (Jukun, Djukun, Djikum)

who
Flegel, Eduard Robert - Collectors

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