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Lot 47 Dα

YORUBA MATERNITY FIGURE Probably by the master sculptor, Maku of Erin

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YORUBA MATERNITY FIGURE
Probably by the master sculptor, Maku of Erin
Oshogbo region, Nigeria

71.5 cm. high

Cf. Schaedler, K.-F. "African Art in Private German Collections", Munich, 1973, p.187, fig.256, for a very similar maternity figure.

When subsequently sold at Christie’s in London (16 October 1979, lot 193) the figure was attributed by William Fagg to the carver, Maku of Erin, a master carver who flourished in the Oshogbo area before the Second World War. For further carvings by Maku of Erin and by his equally-gifted son, Toibo, see Beier, U., "The Story of Sacred Wood Carvings from one small Yoruba town", Lagos, 1957.