Pair of shrine figures

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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.

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Comparing literature

Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 205

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