Edan Ogboni/Osugbo Female Figure

Place of OriginNigeria

Datelate 19th-early 20th century

DimensionsOverall: H: 13 in. (33 cm)

Mediumbrass

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, by exchange

Object number

2025.162

Not on View

DescriptionThis vertically oriented object features a kneeling female figure mounted atop a long cylindrical shaft. The figure has a large head with exaggerated facial features, including bulging eyes, a broad nose, open mouth, and swirling raised brows. Her pierced ears are adorned with rings and conical pendants, and she wears a domed headdress encircled by small perforations, from which additional metal loops and chains hang. Both arms are bent upward, with hands resting on her breasts, and her legs are tightly folded beneath her. A chain link band wraps around her knees and the shaft below. The lower section of the shaft expands into a rounded, bulbous form featuring two prominent human faces in back-to-back arrangement. Each face is vertically aligned and deeply cast, with defined eyes, brows, nose, and parted lips. Surrounding this double-faced element is a ring of iron loops and short chains.