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Lot 557
Description:
A Yoruba Carved Wood Figural Group and an Asante (Ashanti) Carved Wood Figure, the Yoruba group, Nigeria, carved as a kneeling figure caressing a large lidded bowl in the form of a chicken with a smaller figure beneath, paint decoration throughout; the Asante male figure, Ghana, carved standing square and clasping his outstretched hands before his chest, height 22 3/4 in. and 12 1/4 in. respectively. Note: Asante figure condition.
- Provenance: Provenance: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Note: The Yoruba example offered here is probably a shrine figure commissioned as an offering of thanks to a god for a personal favor or service rendered. Bowls in such figures were often used to receive regular offerings. Reference: www.mfah.org.
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September 12, 2009 10:00 AM CDT
New Orleans, LA, US
Neal Auction Company
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