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Yoruba Ogboni Shrine Figures PAIR, Nigeria #778 antique mexican retablo who it was believed couldOgboni Shrine Figures PAIR, Nigeria #778 A fragmentary couple of large Ogboni Shrine Figures, Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, or Owu Religion. According to the last owner it was once found in a well and not in the earth. "The style of works in metal and ivory is very different its completely different function." (The Art of Black Africa, translated by R. A. Wilson, the New York Graphic Society, New York, 1972, pp 174 176.) Measurements: Height, 104 cm 104 cm