Three door panels "ilekun" ·  Nigeria, Nupe, Sakiwa the Younger of Lapai (Abuja Emirates) · ID: 3047012

Description

wood, fixed by strips nailed on the back,
A further work of the artist illustrated in Robbins & Nooter, 1989, p. 534, Fig. 1426. A further door made by “Sakiwa the Younger”, former collection Susan and Jerry Vogel, was auctioned at Sotheby’s New York in 2012.

The object Three door panels “ilekun” with the object ID 3047012 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 190 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.

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Comparing literature

Robbins, Warren M. & Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, o.O. 1989, p. 534, ill. 1426 Sotheby's, New York, "African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art including Property from the Lerner, Shoher and Vogel Collections", 12 May 2012, Lot 100 (AHDRC 0128963)