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, NigeriaBalint 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.
The object Female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” in a single coat with cowrie shells with the object ID 3048115 was part of the auction 97th Auction on November 6, 2021. The object with the lot number 96 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,300 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 376
Publications
AHDRC: 0107321