Dance staffs "eshu" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3038503
sold
EUR 360
Provenance
Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, GermanyZemanek-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.