NUPE DOOR, POSSIBLY BY SAKIWA THE YOUNGER, NIGERIA
NUPE DOOR, POSSIBLY BY SAKIWA THE YOUNGER, NIGERIA Wood, metal height 67 1/2in (171.5cm) PROVENANCE Private Collection, New Hampshire According to Phillips Stevens (“Nupe Wood Carving”, Nigeria Magazine, vol. 88, March 1966, p. 21), “It was Leo Frobenius who, in 1911, established for the Nupe a place among the artisans of Africa; he marvelled at […]