Lot 173 Dα

A YORUBA TEMPLE POST
Iloro, Ijero District, Ekiti, Nigeria probably by Areogun or his son, Bandele, of Osi-Ilorin

Carved as a seated maternity figure, with tall median crested coiffure carved teeth in the mouth, a child on her back and an animated child on her lap, a seated coprophagous dog to one side, a kneeling figure holding a bowl to the other, tall rectangular architectural element above.
140 cm.