Tribal Art & Antiquities - 19th September 2018

Lot 337

A Yoruba equestrian figure Nigeria with a long ribbed coiffure falling to the top of the saddle...

Estimate £200 - £300

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Description

A Yoruba equestrian figure

Nigeria

with a long ribbed coiffure falling to the top of the saddle and holding a staff, polychrome decorated,

69cm high,

a Yoruba carved seated monkey and a bird swallowing a snake, both polychrome decorated, 28.5cm and 36cm high.

Provenance

Collected in the 1930's/40's and thence by descent.