Lidded box · Nigeria, Yoruba - Ijebu · ID: 3049112
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The NetherlandsSize
L: 36 cm
B: 19 cm / 28 cm
L: 14.2 inch
B: 7.5 inch / 11.0 inch
Description
wood,
The container shows a special shape with protruding corners and curved sides. Decorations in relief on the lid, including two stylised human figures with artfully intertwined legs (“mudfish legs”).
The object Lidded box with the object ID 3049112 was part of the auction 99th Auction on November 12, 2022. The object with the lot number 128 achieved a sales price of EUR 450 with an asking price of EUR 250.
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Comparing literature
Witte, Hans, A Closer Look, Berg en Dal 2004, p. 142, fig. 128