Wooden figure representing the god Eshu, Nigeria, 1880-1920
- maker:
- Yoruba people
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LicenseCarved black wooden figure kneeling on circular base
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Carved black wooden figure kneeling on circular base
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Carved black wooden figure kneeling on circular base
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Carved black wooden figure kneeling on circular base, representing the god Eshu with projecting breasts and huge backward curving horned headdress, Yoruba people, Nigeria, 1880-1920
A wooden figure in the form of Eshu, a god of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. In Yoruba tradition, Eshu is described as a figure of trickery and surprise. Unusually, the figure's protruding breasts shows Eshu in female form. In common with other depictions, he is wearing a headdress of gourds (hollowed fruit).
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A160553
- Materials:
- wood, hard and beads, glass
- Measurements:
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overall: 380 mm x 160 mm x 230 mm, 0.778 kg
- type:
- statue
- credit:
- Sothebys
