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Female twin figure "ere ibeji", mid to late 19th century ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun · ID: 3045647

sold EUR 3,400
Provenance
collected in situ, September 1962
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1974)
Vogler, Basel, 20 May 2011, Lot 41
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 32 cm
H: 12.6 inch

Description

wood, glass beads, coconut discs, engraved “Oyo September 1962” (base)

This charming twin figure was attributed by the Rietbeg Museum Zurich to a sculptor who worked in the second half of the 19th century and who worked in the tradition of the master carver Bogunjooko.

Bogunjooko (around 1800-1870) is regarded the founder of the famous school of sculptors from the “Inurin homestead” in the Isedo district of Ila Orangun. His grandson Fakeye and his great-grandson Lamidi O. Fakeye also became famous.


The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji”, mid to late 19th century with the object ID 3045647 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 66 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,400.

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Publications

Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Yoruba, Kunst und Ästhetik in Nigeria, Museum Rietberg Zürich 1991, p. 89, cat. 102; Winizki, Ernst, Gesichter Afrikas, Luzern 1972, p. 64 f.

AHDRC: 0106683


Exhibition

Zurich, Switzerland: "Die Kunst der Yoruba. Skulpturen aus Nigeria", Museum Rietberg, 6 November 1991- 8 March 1992


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