"Yoruba Cup Bearer Of Nigeria"
Rare large old sculpture representing a woman sitting on a stool, with her child on her back holding a divination or offering cup in her hands height 90cm YORUBA ethnic group from NIGERIA soft wood with black and red patina the eyes covered with white kaolin remains bluish tint in the hair These sculptures placed on the ground are most often damaged on their bases (some gaps), the child on the base has been glued back to its base Haughty figure of a young woman with tribal scarifications marked on her face hollow wearing one of the traditional double ax headdresses well protected shipping Free for France 60 euros for the European Union 250 euros for International