Dance wand "oshe shango" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3049417
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 20 April 1991, Lot 295German Private Collection
Size
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
wood, dull reddish-brown (washing) patina with pigment residues, base
“Oshe shango” in the form of a kneeling female figure, holding a rattle “shere” in the right hand and an “oshe shango” staff in the left.
An almost identical work, probably by the same master, was auctioned on May 21, 1980, as lot 178 at Ketterer, Munich (AHDRC 0104756).
The object Dance wand “oshe shango” with the object ID 3049417 was last part of the auction 99th Auction at November 12, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 26 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.
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Expertise
Certificate of Authenticity, Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, 5 July 1991