Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta, Esubiyi · ID: 3047970
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiss / Gert Stoll & Mareidi Singer, Essen, Germany (1981-1983)Dieter Eulenburg, Dreieich, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 June 2015, Lot 182
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, black pigment, glass beads, metal,
This beautiful pair of figures is the work of master carver Esubiyi (died ~1910), who after Adugbologe, established the second major carving workshop in Abeokuta around 1862.
Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Yoruba, Zürich 1991, p. 36, ill. 47 Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 108
Publications
AHDRC: 0145015