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 1962Finch & 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.
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3046366 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 57 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.
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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