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Description : Exceptional Yoruba Kneeling Cup Bearer, Nigeria olumeye Wood with shiny dark reddish-brown patina Height 6 5/8in (16.8cm) Provenance Samir Borro, Brussels Bernard de Grunne, Brussels Important Private Collection, acquired from the above in 2000 Published (ADV) Bernard de Grunne Tribal Fine Arts, Tribal Art, No. 82, Winter 2016:20, back cover John Pemberton, III notes, ' Olumeye means 'one who knows honor,' and according to Kevin Carroll, carvers in northern Ekiti referred to the kneeling female figure as 'a messenger of the spirits, [who] carries cola and cakes in a bowl.' (Fagg, William, John Pemberton and Bryce Holcombe (Ed.), Yoruba: Sculpture of West Africa, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1982, p. 88) Cf. Berjonneau, Gérald (Ed.), Rediscovered Masterpieces of African Art, Boulogne, Art 135, 1987, p. 210, no.186; and Nooter Roberts, Mary and F. Allen Roberts, The Shape of Belief. African Art from the Dr. Michael R. Heide Collection, San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1996, back-cover, p. 53, fig. 5; and Binoche et Giquello, Arts D'Afrique et Océanie 22 June 2017, lot 55 For further information on this lot please visit the website
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