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THBEarly 20th C. Yoruba Beaded Leather & Burlap Bag
Lot 107
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Fine Art, more! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Satisfaction guaranteed. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful leather and burlap bag of rectangular form with a semi-circular front flap, all elaborately adorned by hundreds of barrel beads in translucent and opaque hues of tangerine, marigold, emerald, lemon yellow, caramel, cobalt, and white. Beads were a symbol of status and wealth among the Yoruba peoples and both sacred and secular objects were decorated with meaningful patterns and designs created with tiny glass beads. All sewn onto the bag with rattan fiber, the beaded imagery on this bag includes a pair of flowers surrounded by an abstract design and a rhomboid-patterned border on the front of the body and an anthropomorphic visage enveloped in similar geometric decoration on the front flap. The sides of the body bag are lined with 27 lovely strings of white and yellow beads, while the periphery of the front flap shows several strands of white beads arranged in small arches. The verso of the bag is mostly bare with some woven decoration presenting a floral design in shades of blue, yellow, and pink. Size: 8.375" L x 8" W (21.3 cm x 20.3 cm); 11.5" H (29.2 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: private Chicago, Illinois, USA collection; ex-Doug Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA; B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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#164357Loss of some beaded strands on peripheries. Fraying and tearing to burlap and leather, as well as light fraying to some rattan fiber. Liberal remains to woven decoration on verso. A few minor perforations to burlap. Otherwise, very nice with rich earthen deposits.Condition
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