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162 - Ancestral figure from Oron, Nigeria, wood, H. 120 cm, W. 27 (on a base). The Ekpu statues of the Oron people are powerful representations of elders and ancestors, serving as significant genealogical landmarks. Their form is unique among other artistic expressions in southeastern Nigeria, making them truly remarkable. William Fagg, in his catalog of the Reswick Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, praised the Oron ekpu statuary as “undoubtedly one of the most impressive of all African styles.” “It may seem hard to believe that Constantin Brâncuși was not familiar with an example of this style before creating pure sculptural forms so remarkably similar to the Oron works in terms of form and emotion” (Fagg, W., African Tribal Images, Cleveland, 1986, p. 163).
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Ancestral figure from Oron, Nigeria, wood, H. 120 cm, W. 27 (on a base). The Ekpu statues of the Oron people are powerful representations of elders and ancestors, serving as significant genealogical landmarks. Their form is unique among other artistic expressions in southeastern Nigeria, making them truly remarkable. William Fagg, in his catalog of the Reswick Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, praised the Oron ekpu statuary as “undoubtedly one of the most impressive of all African styles.” “It may seem hard to believe that Constantin Brâncuși was not familiar with an example of this style before creating pure sculptural forms so remarkably similar to the Oron works in terms of form and emotion” (Fagg, W., African Tribal Images, Cleveland, 1986, p. 163).
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