Yoruba cup bearer, Nigeria
Wood, natural pigments
H.... Lot 6
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Yoruba cup bearer, Nigeria
Wood, natural pigments
H. 32.5 cm
Provenance:
- Former collection of Dr. Fraissiné
Bibliography:
Arts of Nigeria, Collection of the Musée des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, RMN, Paris 1997.
Yoruba divination cup representing a naked woman in the position of an orant holding a cup. Her hairstyle is that of a young bride, she wears a necklace from which hang Koranic amulets. The opulent chest is projected forward. We note a remnant of polychromy.
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