Pair of shrine figures ·  Nigéria, Anago · ID: 3032161

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, both carved with loincloth, the male figure with playing a flute, slightly dam., paint rubbed off, rep. (base);
the flute as classical attribute surely referring to the trickster god “eshu”.The females hands up to the breasts may be interpreted as sacrificial gesture.

Littérature comparée

Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 205