Bronze Head (IMAGE)

University of Zurich

Bronze Head

Caption

This is a container for herbs and medicine. It depicts the divine messenger Ofoe without a torso and with three limbs coming out of his head. He is an emissary of the deity Ogie’uwu, who himself may not be depicted.

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Kathrin Leuenberger

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