Anthropomorphic pole figure "okuli"

Nigeria, Koro

Provenance	Size	Starting price / estimated price
Hans Petereit, Cologne, Germany	H: 44.9 inch	This object is not available anymore.

wood, base

"Okuli" were used to ritually pound the ground during great ceremonies.There are also pole figures with separate legs called "obakuli". One of these is illustrated in Neyt, p. 34, fig. 9.

Neyt, Francois, Nigerian Primitivism, Brussels n.d., p. 34, fig. 9

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