Zemanek-Münster

Dance staffs "eshu"

Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 360
Provenance
Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 April 1997, lot 285
German Private Collection, Munich
Size
H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, carved with kneeling female figure with “eshu” plait, min. dam., insect caused missing parts, abrasion of paint, cracks, base;


Comparing literature

Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 272 f.

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