Name: Fine Pair Yoruba House Posts Attributed to Obembe of Efon-Alaye
Brand: Art for Eternity
SKU: 16464
Price: 14500.0 USD
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Fine Pair Yoruba House Posts Attributed to Obembe of Efon-Alaye

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Obembe of Efon-Alaye (Nigerian, about 1869–1939)

Obembe of Efon-Alaye whose title was Chief Ologunde died in 1939. Yoruba cities are often dominated by extensive, centrally located palaces with verandas and courtyards. Roofs are supported by wooden posts, sometimes carved with images of royal stability and power. Obembe Alaye carved this pair for a palace portico. Each post is composed of male and female figures and the females holding children. All are well rendered three-dimensional forms with remains of pigment to surface.
Some damage and erosion to elements on top and bottom where it was in contact with the elements.

Size: each 91'' x 14'' x 14'' (232 x 36 x 36 cm).
Exhibited: ‘Kings of Arfica Art & Authority in Central Africa Collection Museum Fur Volkerkunde Berlin’ by Erna Beumers & Hans-Joachim Koloss (editors), MECC Maastrichts Exhibition Center, June 26-Aug 27 1992.
Published: Expo cat: ‘Kings of Africa Art & Authority in Central Africa Collection Museum Fur Volkerkunde Berlin; Maastricht Foundation Kings of Africa 1992.
Provenance: Acquired in Brussels in 1992 Pace African & Oceanic Art, New York
Yale archive object ao-0105896-001
Cf with a similar pair in the MFA Boston 1996.387 and a pair by the same hand, said to be of the same suite of posts in the Califonia collection of Michael Ovitz.

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