Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17 Sep 2025
Two Yoruba shrine figures
Two Yoruba shrine figures
Nigeria
the female supporting her breasts and wearing a wrap around skirt, and the other wearing a tunic with raised arms and hands on the thunder-axe crest, both with traces of Reckitts Blue, with painted collection numbers S27 LAB.6244/O and S26 LAB.6244/N,
51cm and 45.8cm high. (2)
Provenance
Zbyszek Plocki Collection, London.