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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.

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

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