Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke style · ID: 3045275

sold EUR 1,300
Provenance
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in Oyo, 1956)
Size
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch

Description

wood, camwood powder, coconut discs, glass beads, drilled pupils, beautiful washing patina

In the style of the “Igbuke” family of carvers, the typical marks on the abdomen and the grooved ornamentation around the base are easily recognizable.


The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3045275 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 240 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,300.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 161, ill. 57


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