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Masque zoomorphe de l´esprit de l´eau ·  Nigeria, Yoruba/Ijebu · ID: 3041662

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Description

wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, base

The Ijebu Yoruba live near the coast, and their land is filled with numerous lagoons and rivers. It was the proximity and importance of water that led to the introduction of a cult known as “ekine”, which is devoted to water spirits. There are three main water spirits, “igodo”, the bird - “agira”, the antelope - and “oni”, the crocodile.


Littérature comparée

Drewal, Henry John & John Pemberton, Yoruba, New York 1989, p. 133 & 144 f.


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