Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023
Lot 1364
A Yoruba female shrine figure
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £800
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Description
A Yoruba female shrine figure
Nigeria
for the Shango cult, with a thunder axe to the tall coiffure and remains of Reckitt's Blue, wearing a tirah amulet, ring bracelets and a diaper waistband and platform sandals, with a bronze bangle,
45cm high, on a stand. (2)