Large stool of carved patinated wood in the shape of female fertility figure with traces of blue and white pigment. Yoruba, Nigeria. H. 75.5 cm. Provenance: Bought in 1973 from artist Robert Jacobsen who had bought the stool from Rene Rasmussen in Paris, 1955. Exhibited: Til Guder, ånder og aner (Gods, spirits and ancestors). African art from H. R. H. Prince Henrik’s private collection, 2009. Gl. Holtegaard. Depicted p. 23.
Large stool of carved patinated wood in the shape of female fertility figure with traces of blue and white pigment. Yoruba, Nigeria. H. 75.5 cm. Provenance: Bought in 1973 from artist Robert Jacobsen who had bought the stool from Rene Rasmussen in Paris, 1955. Exhibited: Til Guder, ånder og aner (Gods, spirits and ancestors). African art from H. R. H. Prince Henrik’s private collection, 2009. Gl. Holtegaard. Depicted p. 23.
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