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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 1, 2024 | Bonhams | Los Angeles | African & Oceanic Art | 67 | $****** - ****** | Fine Yoruba Female Bowl Bearer |
other
51.4 cm (20.25 in)
Wood, pigments
Joel Green Collection, San Francisco
James Stephenson African Art, New York
(Illustrated in Tribal Arts , No. 90, Winter 2018, p. 28)
Private Collection
As noted by John Pemberton, "The figure of the kneeling woman, who holds an offering bowl in the form of a cock, was a subject often employed by norther and western Ekiti carvers for bowls used to hold nuts, obi , with which a host would welcome his guests. It is called Olumeye , "one who knows honor," and, according to Kevin Corroll, it depicts a woman who "is a messenger of the spirits" (Carroll, Yoruba Religious Carvings , Geoffrey Chapman, London, 1967, p. 32.)." (Holcombe, Bryce (ed.), Yoruba: Sculpture of West Africa , Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1982, p. 184)
Skillfully carved in overall naturalistic design, the large female kneeling on a square base, her arms bent forward to hold a ceremonial bowl carved in the form of a cock; her pronounced conical breasts project outward; her large, cylindrical neck rising from squared shoulders supports her rounded head with large, contemplative eyes holding our attention, naturalistic nose, ears, mouth and a towering multi-braided coiffure; wearing emblems of wealth and status, including a carved necklace and raised scarification to her face, breasts and a particularly fine and complex composition carved on her back; fine dark brown patina with remnants of pigments to the base.
Fine Yoruba Female Bowl Bearer, Nigeria
olumeye
Wood, pigments
Height 20 1/4in (51.5cm)
