Standing male figure with flute · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3044163
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Stéphane Mangin, Galerie Kanaga, Paris (1999)Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 72
Size
H: 68 cm
H: 26.8 inch
Description
wood, glass beads, base
Although the typical braid is missing, the flute (or pipe) refers to the so-called trickster god “eshu”. He may do good as well as evil. Hence, he needs to be appeased, by means of sacrifices, honour, and visits to his shrines.
The object Standing male figure with flute with the object ID 3044163 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 311 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,000.
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Publications
Crehalet, Yves, Le Masque et la Marque, Autrement 1999, p. 89
AHDRC: 0153477