Figure, Wurkun; Nigeria
Wood; H. 16 1/2"
This figure reduces the human form
to a bare minimum of basic trunk-like shapes and
planar perpendicular forms. The abstraction is so
total and alien that it at first barely appears
to represent the human body. This example shows
signs of age and traditional use as a shrine object
likely hidden in a bundle under a large pot, which
was transformed into an altar for offerings.
