Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023
Lot 1441
A Yoruba Ijebu onile figure
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £850
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Description
A Yoruba Ijebu onile figure
Nigeria
bronze, the kneeling female with three ring protrusions to the coiffure and rows of rings to either side of the face, and with raised crescent scarifications to the forehead, wearing a band necklace, holding a bell between her breasts, the knees with ring fasteners and with another to the back, with a label inscribed BERGANDAHL, 14,
28cm high, on a base. (2)
cf Accumulating Histories, African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Gallery, 2006.51.200, p.173.