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 1962Maria 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.
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