AN IMPORTANT YORUBA BRONZE SHRINE FIGURE, onile The female figure seated on a circular base with cylindrical stem, the hands clenched in the 'ogboni' clasp, a ring about the neck, the hair dressed as two horns with chevron ornament, incised chevron panel down the center of the forehead and nose, cross-hatched hair at the back and curving forward above each temple, the back with three parallel grooves from the elbows over the shoulders and down the back to the top of the buttocks, green to dark brown patina 25½in. (65cm.) high
AN IMPORTANT YORUBA BRONZE SHRINE FIGURE, onile The female figure seated on a circular base with cylindrical stem, the hands clenched in the 'ogboni' clasp, a ring about the neck, the hair dressed as two horns with chevron ornament, incised chevron panel down the center of the forehead and nose, cross-hatched hair at the back and curving forward above each temple, the back with three parallel grooves from the elbows over the shoulders and down the back to the top of the buttocks, green to dark brown patina 25½in. (65cm.) high
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