Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023

Lot 1369

A Yoruba shrine bowl arugba shango

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £320

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Description

A Yoruba shrine bowl arugba shango
Ila-Orangun, Nigeria
with a kneeling maternity figure with a child strapped to her back, with raised arms and supporting a bowl on her head, with red, black, blue and white pigment,
86cm high.

Provenance
Dr Laurence R. Goldman Collection.
Christie's, London, Important Tribal Art, 22 June 1993, lot 119.