Figure funéraire féminine avec deux figurants · Nigéria, Yoruba, Ekiti, probable Agbonbiofe d´Efon-Alaye · ID: 3049104
Vendu
1 800 €
Provenance
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The NetherlandsDescription
wood, colour pigments,
Probably a work of the carver Agbonbiofe (deceased ca.1945) of Efon-Alaye (Adesina workshop).
This magnificent figure shows a particularly beautiful head with noble facial features rising from a strikingly massive body with accentuated breasts. The male companion figure represents “eshu”.