Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Images(3)

Okoroshi (Water Spirit)

Artist Unknown

Date1970-1971

PurchasedPort Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria, Africa

MediumWood, paint, metal

Dimensions20 x 25 x 34 in. (50.8 x 63.5 x 86.4 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineMuseum purchase, with funds provided from the Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund

Object number2015.10.3

Collections

AFRICAN

DescriptionWhite face mask with red and black markings on brow; superstructure of carved and carpentered boat shaped forms; red, white, green and blue pigments. Projections of bulb shapes from central arch connecting three "boats" and a sphere (red blue and white) connected by thin metal rods on each side.