Anonymous Ijo artist
Shrine Figure
Nigeria
Late 19th century
Wood, pigments
Late 19th century
Wood, pigments
height 76 cm
height 29 7/8 in
height 29 7/8 in
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Provenance
Collected by Thomas Gordon of the West Africa Company
and presented to the Dunrobin Museum at ca 1900
Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
“The Countess of Southerland” (born 30 March 1921)
Christie’s, London, “Tribal Art”, 3 April 1979. Lot 8. (Sold as Urhobo)
Private collection
Sotheby’s, London, 30 November 1987. Lot 217. (Sold as Urhobo)
Private Collection
AuctionArt, Rémy le Fur & Associés, Paris, 14 December 2015. Lot 11. (Sold as Igala)
Javier Peres Collection, Berlin, Germany 2015-2024
Duende Art Projects, Antwerp, Belgium, 2024
Exhibitions
“Wild Style: Exhibition of Figurative Art”,
Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany, 10 June - 5 August 2016
Publications
“Wild Style: Exhibition of Figurative Art”,
Peres Projects, Berlin, 2016: front cover