Kneeling figure "onile" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3036558
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Provenance
Gert Stoll, Munich, GermanySize
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch
Description
brass, dark patina, holding a flat bowl with snake, delicate scarification marks, crowned by a bearded head with prominent eyes, min. dam., traces of corrosion, small missing parts;
“onile” figures may appear in pairs. They are called “owner of the house” resp. “father and mother, owner of the house”. “House” means the building in which the members of the “ogboni” society stay and were these figures are kept.
Comparing literature
Dobbelmann, Th.A.H.M., Der Ogboni-Geheimbund, Berg en Dal 1976, ill. 97