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Yoruba Beaded Priestess' Panel - PF.5127
Origin: Southwestern Nigeria
Circa: 20
th
Century AD
Dimensions:
17.25" (43.8cm) high
Collection: African
Style: Yoruba
Medium: Beads
$2,400.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Central to the imagery on this lovely panel is a
quite realistic face done in brilliant red, with hair
in blue and protruding eyes highlighted in
yellow, blue and white. Panels made for devotees
of the deity Oshun (goddess of medicinal
waters), are closely associated with the
safeguarding of children. Red symbolizes
Oshun's connection with orisha Shango, to whom
she was married according to Yoruba mythology.
Surrounding the visage are two pairs of a figure-
eight configurations interwoven in an array of
shades. At the top and bottom are long
horizontal registers in a checkerboard pattern
alternating blue, white and red. This
arrangement balances cool with warm colors, in
the way negative forces are balanced with
positive to create perfect harmony. The calm of
the face is in contrast to its fiery coloration,
further emphasizing the power to unite opposing
forces into a state of equilibrium; which in
Yoruba belief, is the key to understanding life.
- (PF.5127)
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