This is the rating and price for Brass / Bronze Maskette, 2013
Description : A brass / bronze maskette. Nigeria, Ijebu. 18th-20th century. . object: 5h x 4 1/2w x 1 1/2d, with stand: 8 3/4h x 5 1/2w x 4d.
Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: Drewal and Pemberton (1991: 22-23), the Osugbo society [was] a society of female and male elders of a community. Osugbo probably had its origins in the sixteenth or seventeenth century among the Ijebu-Yoruba in the southern, coastal area. It subsequently spread west to the Egba-Yoruba and north to the Oyo-Yoruba where it is known as Ogboni. [ ] Among the Ijebu-Yoruba, paired bronze figures found in the Osugbo meeting house are known as Onile, Owner of the House, a reference to the meeting house (iledi), to the female and male elders of the community, and perhaps ultimately to the founding couple and the house of the world (ile aye). In the Ife, Oyo and Igbomina areas Ogboni elders salute Onile, Owner of the earth who is viewed as complementary figure to Olodumare, the High God. For a similar object see Sotheby's, New York, African, Oceanic and Pre Columbian Art, May 16, 2013, lot 114.
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Estimate (low-high) : 2000 USD-4000 USDIt's free to register now to view!
About the lot N° 150 Title : Brass / Bronze Maskette, Period : 2013 Quinn's Auction Galleries, auctioneer, Falls Church, VAIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : Estate of Merton Simpson & Multi Estate Ethnographic Oct 1, 2016 Sale date : 01 Oct 2016It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale
