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Figure with bowl "olumeye", Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 24,5 cm (H: 9.6 inch), ID: 3045112
Figure with bowl "olumeye", Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 24,5 cm (H: 9.6 inch), ID: 3045112 - 2/5 Figure with bowl "olumeye", Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 24,5 cm (H: 9.6 inch), ID: 3045112 - 3/5 Figure with bowl "olumeye", Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 24,5 cm (H: 9.6 inch), ID: 3045112 - 4/5 Figure with bowl "olumeye", Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 24,5 cm (H: 9.6 inch), ID: 3045112 - 5/5
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Lot 232
91 Tribal Art Auction

Figure with bowl "olumeye" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3045112

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Provenance
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Size
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch

Description

wood, pigment remains, insect caused damage (base)

Kneeling female figures holding a gift bowl were called “olumeye” - “one -who-knows-honour”. They are considered “messengers of the spirits”.

The object Figure with bowl “olumeye” with the object ID 3045112 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 232.

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