The NCMM Collection
Seated Female Ogboni Figure
A bronze female Ogboni figure with her legs apart and slightly bent over a mound which is between her legs.
Local:
Onile
Yoruba
Description
A bronze female ogboni figure with her legs apart and slightly bent over a mound which is between her legs. She has bulging eyes and exaggerated nose, cupped ears and two pointed horn like headdress with a herringbone incised pattern. She is wearing a wide waistband, geometric scarification on her torso, flappy breasts, arms bent at the elbows with clutched fist, stacked on top of each other at the middle.
Locality: Ijebu
Chronology: 19th Century
Provenance: Southwest
Material: Copper and Tin
Measurement: H 74cm, B 19.8cm, W 12.7kg
Current Location: National Museum Lagos