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Female twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Ijebu Ode, Size: H: 20,5 cm (H: 8.1 inch), ID: 3046366
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Lot 57
94th Tribal Art Auction

Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Ijebu Ode · ID: 3046366

sold EUR 900
Provenance
collected in situ by a British civil servant working in Nigeria 1958 to 1962
Finch & Co, London, 2007
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Size
H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch

Description

wood, glass beads, missing part / insect caused damage, rest.

Comparing literature

Chemeche, George, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, Milan 2003, ill. 306

Publications

Finch & Co, "Ibeji", Cat. No. 13, London 2007

AHDRC: 0108573

Africa
Figures

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