Register Auction 105
Zemanek-Münster
Stool with "eshu" figure, Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 55,5 cm (H: 21.9 inch), ID: 3052242
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Auction 105

Stool with "eshu" figure ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3052242

Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,500
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Provenance
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The Netherlands
Size
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).

Africa
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