Ex. French collection of African art This damaged African sculpture, depicting a rider on his mount, embodies a deified ancestor, one of the many gods, orisa, comparable to Christian saints and who make up the Yoruba pantheon. The statue also evokes the divine messenger Esù or Elégba . The equine, rare in the region, was an attribute of prestige that was reserved for the nobility and sovereigns. This type of sculpture was intended for a Yoruba altar. Black-brown patina. The Yoruba, more than 20 million, occupy the southwest of Nigeria and the central and southeast region of Benin under the name of Nago. They are patrilineal, practice excision and circumcision. Centered on its multiple gods or orisa, the Yoruba religion is illustrated by its altars on which sacrifices are practiced. The arts and coded messages, àroko, are thus used in order to worship these gods supposed to have taken human form. Ref.: " Yoruba " B. Lawal.
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