Figure "eshu"
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Tribal Art Timed Online Auction: Collector's Items SaleFigure "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (1987) |
H: 11.6 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, pigment residues, nail heads, traces of insect caused damage
The long phallic hairstyle and the playing of the flute are distinctive features of the iconography of "eshu", the Yoruba trickster god. They tell of "eshus" power. He is the messenger, the herald of the gods, who announces their presence.