Female post figure · Nigeria, Yoruba - Anago · ID: 3048869
sold
EUR 1,100
Provenance
American Private CollectionSize
H: 57,5 cm
H: 22.6 inch
Description
wood, traces of insect caused damage, base
The post on which the figure was worked is only vaguely present. The figure used to hold a staff in its hands. On the back there are remains of black patina, encrusted in places. Presumably once used as “kudio bochio”, which acted as a guard for living persons.
Comparing literature
Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl (Hg.), Skulpturen und Objekte aus der Region des Königreiches Dahomey, Marl 2008, cat. 30