Sitting female bowl bearer ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3032164

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, black and green paint, elongated forearms supporting a half-spherical bowl on the head, slightly dam., minor missing parts, paint rubbed off;
figures of female bowl bearers can be found on many shrines of the Yoruba. Possibly used for keeping the 16 palm nuts needed for the Ifa oracle.

The object Sitting female bowl bearer with the object ID 3032164 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 101 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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