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Auction archive: Lot number 131

YORUBA SHANGO STAFF NIGERIA

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
£375
ca. US$520
Auction archive: Lot number 131

YORUBA SHANGO STAFF NIGERIA

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
£375
ca. US$520
Beschreibung:

carved wood, the cylindrical shaft below a rectangular platform supporting a standing devotee, wearing a shawl tied at the waist, scarifications to the face and thunderax crest above the head, ritual patination throughout, raised on a bespoke mount, old label on the reverse reading "Nigeria. Figure. Shango - cult." 48.1cm tall Provenance: Anthony Hepworth United Kingdom Private collection, United Kingdom

Auction archive: Lot number 131
Auction:
Datum:
5 May 2021
Auction house:
Lyon & Turnbull
33 Broughton Place
Edinburgh, EH1 3RR
United Kingdom
info@lyonandturnbull.com
+44 (0)131 5578844
Beschreibung:

carved wood, the cylindrical shaft below a rectangular platform supporting a standing devotee, wearing a shawl tied at the waist, scarifications to the face and thunderax crest above the head, ritual patination throughout, raised on a bespoke mount, old label on the reverse reading "Nigeria. Figure. Shango - cult." 48.1cm tall Provenance: Anthony Hepworth United Kingdom Private collection, United Kingdom

Auction archive: Lot number 131
Auction:
Datum:
5 May 2021
Auction house:
Lyon & Turnbull
33 Broughton Place
Edinburgh, EH1 3RR
United Kingdom
info@lyonandturnbull.com
+44 (0)131 5578844
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