CARVED BY SAKIWA THE YOUNGER, LAPAI, NIGERIA

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A NUPE LARGE DOOR
CARVED BY SAKIWA THE YOUNGER, LAPAI, NIGERIA
71 ½ x 39 ½ in. (182 x 100 cm.)

Provenance

Issaka Zango, New York
Susan and Jerry Vogel, New York, acquired from the above circa 1980.
The Susan and Jerry Vogel Collection; sold Sotheby's, New York, 11 May 2012, lot 100.

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Lot Essay

This heavily stylised door displays carvings typical of the Nupe tribe, who neighbour the Yoruba tribe in Northern Nigeria. It can be safely attributed to Sakiwa the Younger, of Lapai (see P. Stevens, ‘Nupe Wood Carving’, Nigeria Magazine, vol. 88, March 1966, p. 32 and 34). For a near identical panel, also by Sakiwa the Younger, see Sotheby’s, New York, 11 May 2012, lot 100 ($25,000, including premium).

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