Description: wood, pigments, base This figure was made for a shrine dedicated to one of the Yoruba deities "orisa" - possibly "Shango", who is associated with the power of thunderstorms, warriors, and kings. AHDRC: 0109436 Continent: Africa
Dimensions: H: 92 cm, H: 36,2 inch
Condition Report: See description
Literature: Fagg, William, Yoruba, Sculpture of West Africa, New York 1982, p. 99
Provenance: collected in situ in the late 1960s Willem E. Geyskens, Diest, Belgium Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Emile Deletaille, Brussels, Belgium (1971) Charles M. Plotz, New York, USA