Female "shango" shrine figure with shaman's bag "laba" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3043647
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, slightly dam. (right forearm), cracks, abrasion of paint.
The female figure represents a “shango” priest wearing a leather shoulder bag, the “laba shango”. “Shango” priests receive a “laba” when they take office. When they were officiating on ritual occasions, they carry important cult objects such as celts, or “thunderbolts”, and rattles in the bag. A comparable male figure can be found in the Tishman Collection (Vogel, 1981, p. 106).
The object Female “shango” shrine figure with shaman’s bag “laba” with the object ID 3043647 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 316.
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Comparing literature
Vogel, Susan, For spirits and kings, African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection, New York 1981, p. 106 f.
Publications
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