Yoruba Female Figure Shango Shrine Nigeria Africa
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Yoruba Female Figure Shango Shrine Nigeria Africa:
$165.00
TitleYoruba Female Figure Shango Shrine Nigeria AfricaType of ObjectSculpture, figureCountry of OriginNigeriaPeopleYorubaMaterialsWood, PigmentApproximate Agesecond half 20th CenturyDimensions27.5 inches H. x 6 inches W. Overall ConditionFair to Good.  Most of our pieces have spent decades on at least two continents, and have been treasured by several owners.  Small splits, scrapes and cracks are a normal part of their patina attesting to their age and extensive use. We examine each piece carefully when we receive it and report any damage we find in our listings. Please look carefully at the pictures which may also reveal condition and damage.Damage/Repaircracks in face, in body front and back , cracks in base, holes, chips and wear
Additional Information: This well carved standing female figure is dedicated to Shango deity among the Yoruba people of Nigeria. The shape of the double-headed ax surmounting the head of the figure represents these so-called âthunderâ stones.
The cult of Shango, three centuries old, worships Shango who was once a human King, but became an orisha, a God. The devotees who are carved are female, but the orisha is male, and is associated with thunder and lightening. A person may inherit the worship of Shango from parents, or be \"called\" individually. Such figures were used as shrine pieces or dance wands carried at the annual festival by devotees of the Shango, the Yoruba thunder god. They portray the potential of power of the thunder god Shango.
Among the Yoruba people of Nigeria an intricate combination of myth and religion explains history, categorizes natural phenomenon and describes various deities known as âorishasâ who form a complex religion with many different faces and an equally complex set of images. Shango is also known as the âThunder Godâ who caused lightening to flash and was responsible for the many early stone tools (era edun) found in the region that people believed fell to the earth when Shango cast lightening bolts downwards to earth.
Recommended Readings:
R. F. Thompson: Black Gods and Kings: Yoruba Art at UCLA, (Los Angeles, 1971)
Drewal, H.J., J. Pemberton, R. Abiodun, âYoruba; Nine Centuries of African Art and Thoughtâ. 1989.
Daniel Mato and Chelsea Cooksey, YORUBA: ART OF LIFE. The Bennett-Luther Collection)
I have examined this piece and agree with the description.
Niangi Batulukisi, PhD.
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Yoruba Female Figure Shango Shrine Nigeria Africa:
$165.00