Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran · ID: 3047132
sold
EUR 2,600
Provenance
Jean-Michel Huguenin, Paris, FrancePrivate French Collection (1968)
Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 21 June 2016, Lot 123
Danish Private Collection
Size
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, rest.
“Ibeji” with particularly pleasing facial features and a beautiful patina, which proves a rich use in the cult.
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, p. 572 ff.
Publications
AHDRC: 0133029