Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025

Lot 29

Two Yoruba shrine figures

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £279

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Description

Two Yoruba shrine figures
Nigeria
the female supporting her breasts and wearing a wrap around skirt, and the other wearing a tunic with raised arms and hands on the thunder-axe crest, both with traces of Reckitts Blue, with painted collection numbers S27 LAB.6244/O and S26 LAB.6244/N,
51cm and 45.8cm high. (2)

Provenance
Zbyszek Plocki Collection, London.