Pair of shrine figures · Nigeria, Anago · ID: 3032161
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 26 cm, 27,5 cm
H: 10.2 inch, 10.8 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, both carved with loincloth, the male figure with playing a flute, slightly dam., paint rubbed off, rep. (base);
the flute as classical attribute surely referring to the trickster god “eshu”.The females hands up to the breasts may be interpreted as sacrificial gesture.
Comparing literature
Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 205