Beautiful female shrine figure with offering bowl and child, Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 92 cm (H: 36.2 inch), ID: 3046284

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Lot 212

93rd Tribal Art Auction

Beautiful female shrine figure with offering bowl and child · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3046284

sold EUR 5,000

Provenance

collected in situ in the late 1960s
Willem E. Geyskens, Diest, Belgium
Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Emile Deletaille, Brussels, Belgium (1971)
Charles M. Plotz, New York, USA

Size

H: 92 cm

H: 36.2 inch

Description

wood, pigments, base

This figure was made for a shrine dedicated to one of the Yoruba deities “orisa” - possibly “Shango”, who is associated with the power of thunderstorms, warriors, and kings.

Comparing literature

Fagg, William, Yoruba, Sculpture of West Africa, New York 1982, p. 99

Publications

AHDRC: 0109436

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