Female twin figure "ere ibeji", mid to late 19th century

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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.

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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

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Exhibition

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

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