Three bronze sculptures in the style of Tada, Tsoede, standing with relatively large feet on flat bronze bases, strong legs, round belly, small heavy breasts of the central figure, bent arms, a metal bracelet on each wrist, in her left hand she holds an object that has been interpreted in various ways but about which nothing tangible is known, around her neck a structured metal collar, a high, childlike, arched forehead, eyes with heavy lids, a small nose with wide wings, full, sensual, slightly open lips, the hair is conical; oxidized patina, minor damage to the feet of the large figure. The two sculptures to the right and left of the main figure could be interpreted as guardians of the towering female main figure. They are being viewed separately at Frank Willet's, but should be seen in connection with the female Tada figure, as all figures have the same previous owner - Al Hadji Ibrahim - and the wife of the deceased international art dealer with warehouses in Pasris and New York informed us that they were collected together. The state of preservation of the three figures also indicates that they are of the same age and have been kept in the same place, which shows traces of greenish oxidation and encrustation.

Lit.: Pogoson, Ohioma Ifounu, Another reconsideration of the origin of the Tsoede bronzes, West African Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 28, Issue 2, 1998, 97-111. Abiodun Enimola, History of Tsoede bronzes. Quarterly journal of the Kwara State Council for Arts and Culture. 1 (2) [1974]. Douglas Fraser, The Tsoede Bronzes and Owo Yoruba Art, African Arts, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Spring 1975). Published by: UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center. Situation Kunst (für Max Imdahl), Kunstsammlung der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Douglas Fraser, The Tsoede Bronzes and Owo Yoruba Art, African Arts (1975) 8 (3), 30–91.

Last picture: Tada Bronze, Nigeria, Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

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Height from left to right: Height: 63 cm / 106 cm / 57 cm
Weight from left to right: 13 kg / 22 kg/ 10,8 kg
Total Weight: 45,8 kg

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