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Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Gbongan-Modakeke area, Size: H: 27,5 cm (each) (H: 10.8 inch (each)), ID: 3046444
Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Gbongan-Modakeke area, Size: H: 27,5 cm (each) (H: 10.8 inch (each)), ID: 3046444 - 2/5 Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Gbongan-Modakeke area, Size: H: 27,5 cm (each) (H: 10.8 inch (each)), ID: 3046444 - 3/5 Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Gbongan-Modakeke area, Size: H: 27,5 cm (each) (H: 10.8 inch (each)), ID: 3046444 - 4/5 Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Gbongan-Modakeke area, Size: H: 27,5 cm (each) (H: 10.8 inch (each)), ID: 3046444 - 5/5
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Lot 54
94th Tribal Art Auction

Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Gbongan-Modakeke area · ID: 3046444

sold EUR 700
Provenance
Danish Private Collection
Limhamns Auktionsbyrå, Malmö, Sweden (2017)
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Size
H: 27,5 cm (each)
H: 10.8 inch (each)

Description

wood, pigment remains, camwood powder, one of the figures rep.

The object Male pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3046444 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 54 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 190, ill. 81

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