€ 250,00
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Stylistic Yoruba ancestor figure from Nigeria. The ancestor figure is riding a horse. Eshu is a deity – orisha – in the Yoruba pantheon which is very widely celebrated.
Eshu is the messenger ; he is the mischievous, the cunning, the shrewd.
Ambiguous character, he is represented through feminine and masculine figures, in a good or bad situation ; it exists to provoke men and to allow questioning in order to seek the truth.
Good condition with a beautiful aged patina with traces of tribal use.
Provenance: Manfred Schäfer, former gallery owner from Ulm (Germany).
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