Zemanek-Münster

Male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo · ID: 3033299

sold EUR 450
Provenance
American Private Collection, New York
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1980)
Size
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch

Description

wood, light brown patina, typical Oyo characteristics: elongated head and hairdo, three lancet-shaped Oyo-marks, slightly dam., missing part through insect caused damage (coiffure);
in the style of the Igbuke family of carvers, the typical marks on the abdomen and the grooved ornamentation running around the base recognizable.


The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3033299 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 156 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 161, ill. 57 Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 361


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