Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin area / Kwara State · ID: 3046153
sold
EUR 1,300
Provenance
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, GermanyPrivate Collection, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
wood, camwood powder, coconut discs, glass beads, cowry shells,
This beautiful “iibeji” pair is published in the standard work “Twin Figures of the Yoruba” by Gert and Mareidi Stoll.
The object Female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3046153 was part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction on November 16, 2019. The object with the lot number 221 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,300 with an asking price of EUR 500.
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Publications
Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 262, ill. 148