Eshu
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Beautiful pair of eshu sculptures of the yoruba ethnic group (ogo elegba eshu yoruba)a myth shows eshu deceiving ifa with the secrets of divination; in another eshu restores ifa from his incarceration in a palm tree, which categorises him as the founder of the ifa religioneshu requires constant appeasement to carry out his assigned duties of transmitting sacrifices and foreseeing the futureif eshu is not properly revered, problems are expected for the community or for someone in particularthere's an interdependenceesu's power is often represented visually as male and female couples; this is a metaphor of their ability to transform between the two sexes, turn death into life (through childbirth) and overcome the tension between the two sexesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storematerials: light wood, fabric and plastic to tie the cowries (snail shell)esu is believed to be the messenger of the yoruba gods, a sacrificial bearer, guardian of the ritual way of life and often also seen as the ‘cheating god’here we have two figures, male and female, kneeling with scarified cheeks and small projection on the top of the head, the female holding her breasts, and the male holding a vase in each handplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteeshu, also called elegba, a deceitful god of the yoruba of nigeria, an essentially protective and benevolent spirit that serves ifa, the main god, as a messenger between heaven and earthif properly revered, soothsayers use esu to remove obstacles, cure diseases, and help people communicate with other godsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledimensions: 56 cm in total and about 20 cm the figures
95 €
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eshu staff, yoruba, nigeriayoruba eshu divination staff carved with a fine standing figure holding two calabashwood, middle dark brown patina, broken and glued above both feet, restoration on the base, cracks, signs of fine age and wearour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea cylindrical handle supporting a symmetrical arranged body with free carved arms, both hands resting on the thighs, blue string of glass beads around the neckan oval face with naturalistic features and a high crested coiffureare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
88 €