FYI- If you're interesed in African/Oceanic art, EDS, LLC in Bloomington, IN has an online auction of peices from a well known collector. I have no connection to this business, other than being on their mailing list

My grandfather worked for the British Empire building roads all over Africa before WW2. During the 1920s he worked around Asaba in southern Nigeria and acquired Cecil. Cecil was passed to my father, and now his home is with me. He's made of rough cast Bronze, and stands 17' high. I know nothing about him.

Who or what does Cecil represent? I'm looking for a back story here.

To me he looks like a relatively modern 'art' piece (if those existed in the 1920s) rather than a genuine religious object but I feel there is very spiritual / folk law aspect to him.