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Lot 173 Dα

YORUBA HORSEMAN

Auction 1129 - overview Brussels
09.04.2019, 14:00 - African and Oceanic Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 8.000 €

YORUBA HORSEMAN
Efon-Alaye, Nigeria

106 cm. high

The carving is very likely the superstructure for an Epa mask. For a similar mask, also depicting a warrior on horseback, and attributed to the master carver Agbonbiofe of Efon-Alaye, see Fagg, W., Nigerian Images, London, 1963, fig.84a.

Provenance

Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Paris