NIGERIA

Details

YORUBA COMB
NIGERIA
Height: 9 1⁄2 in. (24 cm.)

Provenance

Charles Ratton (1895-1986), Paris, in 1967
William Woodrow Brill (1918-2003), New York, inv. no. 238
Sotheby’s, New York, 17 November 2006, lot 154
Private Collection, New York
Guy Laliberté Collection

Literature

Germain, J., Art ancien de l’Afrique Noire, vol. IV, Montreal, 2008, pp. 46-47
M : la revue du Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montreal, January 2008, p. 42

Exhibited

Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Museum, Selections from The William W. Brill Collection of African Art, 5 May - 31 August 1969
St. Paul, Saint Paul Art Center, Selections from The William W. Brill Collection of African Art, 23 October - 21 December 1969
Duluth, University of Minnesota, Tweed Museum of Art, Selections from The William W. Brill Collection of African Art, 14 January - 22
February 1970
Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Afrique Sacrée II. Collections du MBAM, du Cirque du Soleil et du Musée Redpath de l’Université McGill, 19 November 2008 - November 2010

Further details

PEIGNE YORUBA, NIGERIA

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Lot Essay

This ravishing example may be compared to two other, similar combs (cf. Christie’s, New York, 13 October 1978, lot 6, and Christie’s, London, 22 November 1988, lot 142) sculpted by the artist Akinyode, a descendant of Eshubiyi, who is thought to have been one of the principal founders of the Abeokuta workshops around 1862, and who passed away in 1937.

Cet exemplaire ravissant se rapproche de deux autres peignes similaires (Christie’s, New York, 13 octobre 1978, lot 6, et Christie’s, Londres, 22 novembre 1988, lot 142) sculptés par l’artiste Akinyode (décédé en 1937) descendant d’Eshubiyi, qui, autour de 1862, comptait comme l’un des principaux fondateurs des ateliers d’Abeokuta.

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