A Yoruba equestrian figure

A Yoruba equestrian figure

Nigeria

brass, the horseman wearing a conical headdress with busts and gourds, a textured tunic and kilt and a bell hung on his chest, holding a sword in his right hand and the reins in his left, his feet in stirrups, early 20th century,

22cm high.

Provenance

Ex collection T H W Nevins.

Sotheby's, London, 8 July 1969, lot 230.

Private Collection, London.