Yoruba, Pair of veranda posts

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Date

presumed late 19th

Size

Height : 145 cm each

Collection

Tribal Art

Condition

eroded

Inventory number

505

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Rare pair of veranda posts from the Yoruba people in Nigeria.

They represent a bearded male figure, holding a gun and a sceptre in each hand.

High inverted hairstyle with a braid falling down the neck. Medicine bottle and other elements in relief.

These poles certainly decorated the house of a chief.

Eroded patina.

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