Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in a single coat with cowrie shells, Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo, Size: H: 28 cm / 28,5 cm H / B: 39,5 cm / 15 cm (coat) (H: 11.0 inch / 11.2 inch H / B: 15.6 inch / 5.9 inch (coat)), ID: 3048115

Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in a single coat with cowrie shells, Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo, Size: H: 28 cm / 28,5 cm H / B: 39,5 cm / 15 cm (coat) (H: 11.0 inch / 11.2 inch H / B: 15.6 inch / 5.9 inch (coat)), ID: 3048115 - 2/6

Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in a single coat with cowrie shells, Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo, Size: H: 28 cm / 28,5 cm H / B: 39,5 cm / 15 cm (coat) (H: 11.0 inch / 11.2 inch H / B: 15.6 inch / 5.9 inch (coat)), ID: 3048115 - 3/6

Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in a single coat with cowrie shells, Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo, Size: H: 28 cm / 28,5 cm H / B: 39,5 cm / 15 cm (coat) (H: 11.0 inch / 11.2 inch H / B: 15.6 inch / 5.9 inch (coat)), ID: 3048115 - 4/6

Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in a single coat with cowrie shells, Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo, Size: H: 28 cm / 28,5 cm H / B: 39,5 cm / 15 cm (coat) (H: 11.0 inch / 11.2 inch H / B: 15.6 inch / 5.9 inch (coat)), ID: 3048115 - 5/6

Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in a single coat with cowrie shells, Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo, Size: H: 28 cm / 28,5 cm H / B: 39,5 cm / 15 cm (coat) (H: 11.0 inch / 11.2 inch H / B: 15.6 inch / 5.9 inch (coat)), ID: 3048115 - 6/6

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Lot 96

Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in a single coat with cowrie shells · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo · ID: 3048115

sold EUR 2,300

Provenance

Mallam Abba Kallah, Hausa trader, Nigeria
Balint B. Denes, Arizona, USA (coll. in the 1960s)
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, Lot 293
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany

Size

H: 28 cm / 28,5 cm

H / B: 39,5 cm / 15 cm (coat)

H: 11.0 inch / 11.2 inch

H / B: 15.6 inch / 5.9 inch (coat)

Description

wood, colour pigments, glass beads, coconut discs, fabric, cowrie shells,
Very nice pair of figures with heavily rubbed facial features, wearing heavy wide overcoat with cowrie shell trim.

Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 376

Publications

AHDRC: 0107321

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