Pair of shrine figures · Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3032771
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Description
wood, greyish brown patina, male/female, their bodies well-rounded and of well-balanced proportions, the facial features and details like hands and feet, as well as the neck decolletage of the male figure delicate carved, both wearing loincloth and high tapering headcrest, each rising from an eight-sided base, dam., the surface shows traces of insect caused damage (above all the head of the female figure);
for the Yoruba shrine figures are not thought to depict deities in person, but rather their venerators and priests. The figures should illustrate the solemnity of the sacrificial act and the dignity of the persons who make the sacrifice.
L’objet Pair of shrine figures avec l’ID d’objet 3032771 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 69th tribal art auction dans 2 juin 2012 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 357 a atteint un prix de vente de 500 €.
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Littérature comparée
Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 309