Gidigidi

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Gidigidi

$9,500.00

Michele Tejuola Spindle

Carved and Painted Gourd

33 x 12.5 x 7.5 in

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Many of my early themes covered Nigerian culture and religious folklore. This gourd portrays folklore of a cow that sheds its skin and transfers into a beautiful woman. The farmer witnesses the event and bribes her to marry him in order to keep it a secret. Soon the farmer’s co-wives learn the truth about Gidigidi and she slips back into her cow skin and returns to the field.