YORUBA FIGURES, NIGERIA

The figures below have been vetted as authentic and old, with good evidence of age and use.

  

Yoruba
Figure 5
12.25"
$1500

Yoruba
Figure 6
15"
$2000 

   

Yoruba
Figure 7
14"
$800

 

Yoruba
Figure 8
14"
$1000

  

Yoruba
Figure 9
16"
$800

The figures below have been vetted as authentic, with some evidence of age and use.

  

Yoruba
Figure 3
13.5"
$1000

  

Yoruba
Figure 4
14"
$1000

Yoruba
Figure 10
19"
$800  

 

Yoruba
Figure 11
25.5"
$1000

 

Yoruba
Figure 12
20"
$600

 

Yoruba
Figure 13
12.25"
SOLD

   

Yoruba
Figure 14
17"
$500

   

Yoruba
Figure 15
9.5"
$400

Yoruba
Figures 16
11.5"
$800/pair

  

Yoruba
Figures 17
13" / 13.25"
$1000/pair

 

Yoruba
Figure 18
10"
$400

   

Yoruba
Head 19
14.5"
$500

  

Yoruba
Head 20
15"
$400

Yoruba
Figure 21
11"
$400

Yoruba
Figures 23
14.5"
SOLD

Yoruba
Figure 28
10.5"
$500

The figures below have been vetted as authentic but with little evidence of use.

 

Yoruba
Figure 1
37"
$2000

Yoruba
Figure 2
23"
$600

Yoruba
Figure 24
24.5"
$600

Yoruba
Figure 25
15.25"
$400

 Yoruba
Figure 26
21"
$600

Yoruba
Figure 29
11.5"
$300

Yoruba
Figure 30
14"
$300

Yoruba
Figure 31
10.25"
$400

The figures below exhibit little evidence of use and were probably made to be sold.

Yoruba
Figure 22
25.5""
$400

Yoruba
Figure 27
17"
$300

Below are additional catalogs of Yoruba figures.

Yoruba
Offering
Bowls
Catalog

Yoruba
Offering
Bowls 2
Catalog

Yoruba
Ibeji Figures
Page 1
Catalog

Yoruba
Ibeji Figure
Page 2
Catalog

Yoruba
Horsemen

Yoruba
Epa Headdresses 

 

Yoruba
Ibeji Pairs

 

Maternity
Figures

Yoruba
Drums
Catalog

 

Yoruba
Shango
Wands
 

 

Yoruba
Shango
Pedestals

Yoruba
Couple
Sold

Photographs © Tim Hamill

YORUBA, Figures, Nigeria

These figures, some of which were brightly painted, were placed on altars in shrines or displayed at special ceremonies. The wand-like staffs were also carried during ceremonies. Several are depicted in colonial wear.

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