Figural lid of a "woota Eyinle" receptacle · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado, "Rival of Abatan" · ID: 3045661
Saxer, Switzerland
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
Description
ceramic / terracotta, labeled “Sax.”
Present figural lid is a work ot the female master potter called the “rival of Abatan”. The somewhat peculiar title was awarded to distinguish her from the Egbado Master Potter “Abatan”.
A vessel lid of the same artist shown in Drewal (1989), p. 228, ill. 271. Another work was auctioned on June 27, 2015 as lot 373 at Zemanek-Münster.
In the “woota eyinle” vessels the “stones of Eyinle” were kept in fresh river water. They embodied the life force “ase” inherent in all creatures and symbolized divine power.
The object Figural lid of a “woota Eyinle” receptacle with the object ID 3045661 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 89 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Drewal, Henry John & John Pemberton, Yoruba, New York 1989, p. 228, ill. 271