Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ede · ID: 3046443
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
presumably Lauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark (1960s)Private Collection, South Sweden
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, pigment remains, camwood powder, brass,
Possibly carved by Abegunde of Ede or by his son (cf. AHDRC 0107073 and 0107074).
Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 202, ill. 92