A fragmentary Jukun sculpture, Nigeria; scatchy weathered patina with some incrustations on the face.

"Within the body of figurarative shrine sculptures that Arnold Rubin documented in northestern Jukun communities, the examples he saw alomg the southern Taraba and northern Wase rivers, tributaries of the Benue, are distinctive enough to be considered a seperate subgenre. In his Memoir" Rubin described the sculpture from the village of Wourbon Daudu, located along the Taraba river, as representing the "nuclrar style" of Jukun figurative carving, Having had the opportuinity to see many more examples than Rubin did during his lifetime, we argue here, that there was not a single "nuclear" style but rather several substyles that can be identified with particular Jukun towna located north and south of the Benue river." Central Nigeria unmasked, Arts of the Benue River Valley, which are also influenced by other tribes in the region of the Taraba State, Nigeria.

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Height: 57 cm
Weight: 3,3 kg