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A YORUBA HOUSE POST
Carved as a kneeling maternity figure with the large child across her knees suckling at her right breast, three smaller figures carved below, a kneeling figure with outstretched arms holding a horn in one hand, a kneeling figure holding a large spherical vessel and a crouching figure with hands held to the cheeks, panels of intertwined motif to the top and base, black patina
117cm. high
Carved as a kneeling maternity figure with the large child across her knees suckling at her right breast, three smaller figures carved below, a kneeling figure with outstretched arms holding a horn in one hand, a kneeling figure holding a large spherical vessel and a crouching figure with hands held to the cheeks, panels of intertwined motif to the top and base, black patina
117cm. high
Provenance
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp
Maurice Bonnefoy, Paris
Maurice Bonnefoy, Paris
Literature
Leuzinger, E., Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika, Zurich, 1970, p.175, fig.L15
Exhibited
Kunsthaus Zurich, 1970, no.L15
Special notice
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