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

Starting price EUR 200
Estimated price EUR 400
Provenance
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Size
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch

Description

wood, pigment remains,

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


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