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Female twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin / Kwara State, Egbe, Size: H: 29,8 cm (H: 11.7 inch), ID: 3045236
Female twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin / Kwara State, Egbe, Size: H: 29,8 cm (H: 11.7 inch), ID: 3045236 - 2/4 Female twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin / Kwara State, Egbe, Size: H: 29,8 cm (H: 11.7 inch), ID: 3045236 - 3/4 Female twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin / Kwara State, Egbe, Size: H: 29,8 cm (H: 11.7 inch), ID: 3045236 - 4/4
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Lot 188
Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction

Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin / Kwara State, Egbe · ID: 3045236

sold EUR 350
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1985, lot 131
Size
H: 29,8 cm
H: 11.7 inch

Description

wood, pigments, camwood powder, metal rings, glass beads, nail heads (eyes), insect caused missing parts

Long years of use in the cult have rendered the facial contures of this figure barely recognizable.

The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3045236 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 188 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 172

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