Figure "eshu"
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Lot: 126
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Nigéria, Yoruba
Provenance | Taille | Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation |
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Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (1987) |
H: 29,5 cm | Cet objet n’est plus disponible. |
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.