Female twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilobu, Size: H: 29,5 cm (H: 11.6 inch), ID: 3046365

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Lot 58

94th Tribal Art Auction

Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilobu · ID: 3046365

sold EUR 1,600

Provenance

Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1975)
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden

Size

H: 29,5 cm

H: 11.6 inch

Description

wood, pigment remains, camwood powder, glass beads, metal, heavily rubbed facial features, collection number “75170” (M. Willborg), insect caused damage

Publications

Särnstedt, Bo et. al., Före / Before Picasso, Afrikansk konst i svensk ägo / African Art in Swedish Collections, Stockholm 1988, Cat. No. 209

AHDRC: 0170740

Exhibition

Stockholm, Sweden, Liljevalchs Konsthall: "Före / Before Picasso, Afrikansk konst i svensk ägo / African Art in Swedish Collections", 2 December 1988 - 15 January 1989; Humlebaek, Denmark, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: "Före / Before Picasso, Afrikansk konst i svensk ägo / African Art in Swedish Collections", Winter 1989

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