Male-female couple · Nigeria, Isoko / Urhobo · ID: 3051051
Price
EUR 3,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
UK CollectionSize
H: 32,5 cm & 32 cm
H: 12.8 inch & 12.6 inch
Description
light wood, kaolin, black pigment,
A pair of figures by the same hand published in Perkins Foss (2004, p.18, Cats. 2,3). For another pair of figures by the artist see AHDRC 0096096.
Urhobo men and women maintain personal shrines (“orhan”) to protect themselves from adversity and to bring health, wealth, and happiness to their lives. For this purpose, various figurative carvings, including pairs of figures, were placed at the shrines and offerings were made to them.
Comparing literature
Foss, Perkins (ed.), "Where Gods and Mortals Meet, Continuity and Renewal in Urhobo Art", New York: Museum of African Art, 2004, p. 18, Cats. 2,3.