Stool with "eshu" figure · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3052242
Price
EUR 2,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The NetherlandsSize
H: 55,5 cm
H: 21.9 inch
Description
wood, 3-piece, pigments, nails,
Stool with a small base and seat on high, column-like slender support, carved with a standing figure (in this case a representation of “eshu”).
This type of stool is relatively rare. A comparable object is published by Bettina von Lintig & Hugues Dubois, African Impressions. Tribal Art and Currents of Life, Milan 2011, p. 186 (AHDRC 0105654).
The object Stool with “eshu” figure with the object ID 3052242 was part of the auction Auction 105 on November 15, 2025, lot number 320 at that time and is currently available for EUR 2,000 in Open sale.
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