Lot n° 173
Estimation :
500 - 600
EUR
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: 500EUR
YORUBA (Nigeria)
Pair of lost wax bronze... - Lot 173 - Varenne Enchères
YORUBA (Nigeria)
Pair of lost wax bronze EDAN on wrought iron core, used in the rituals of the Ogboni society. Two feminine representations holding an offering cup support a masculine representation of a member of the society holding a representation of stylized Edans.
Top. : 38 cm
Cf: "Earth and the ancestors: Ogboni iconography" page 89 for a close copy.
Private collection Paris
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