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Yoruba Eshu Flute Player w/ Cowrie shell adornment

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Yoruba Eshu Flute Player w/ Cowrie shell adornment

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A fine carved wooden Yoruba Eshu figure with indigo organic pigments and cowrie shell decorations that relate to divination ritual. Eshu is the Embodiment of the principle of uncertainty in the Yoruba pantheon, He has the attributes of the magician, the trickster and is messenger to the Yoruba Orissa , the gods of the Yoruba peoples. The sculpture is painted black wood and measures 16.5 inches tall.

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fair, well worn

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Yoruba Eshu Flute Player w/ Cowrie shell adornment

Name: Yoruba Eshu Flute Player w/ Cowrie shell adornment
SKU: 80548574
Price: 220 USD
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