Babalawo Figure
Sculpture
Sculpture of a male figure holding an elephant tusk and a chicken is his hands, standing on his right leg with the other bent with it's foot in front of the right knee. He has 4 horizontal cuts on each cheek. Sitting under the left leg of the man is a smaller man with a drum.
2026.02.01
Free Standing
Wood
2026.02
Randal Beiderstedt
Lamidi Olonade Fakeye
Artist
1996
20th Century
Attribution
L.O.FAKEYE 96
Carved
15 in
4 in
3 in
The artist; purchased in 1996 by Rita [1939-2025] and Willard “Sam” Biederstedt [1939-2025] of West Lafayette, Indiana {1}; through descent to their children Randy Biederstedt and Lisa Rider. {1} The Biederstedt’s were introduced to Lamidi Fakeye through Dr. Darren Davenport who was Rita’s employer at the Chemistry Department at Purdue University.
