Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023
Lot 1405
A Yoruba standing female figure
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £500
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Description
A Yoruba standing female figure
Abeokuta, Nigeria
with a tied coiffure and holding a staff with an arrow head termimal in each hand, with remains of cam powder, the base with a handwritten label An African Idol given to a Missionary at Abeokuta by a Native Convert,
25.5cm high.
Provenance
Kenneth Athol Webster, London / Wellington.
Josef Herman, London / Suffolk.
Christie's, Amsterdam, The Joseph Herman Collection of African Art, 12 December 2000, lot 146.