Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo · ID: 3043610
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Provenance
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in Oyo, 1956)Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
wood, greyish brown patina, remains of camwood powder and indigo blue pigment, strings of glass beads and coconut discs, metal ring, slightly dam. (coiffure and base on the backside)
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3043610 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 324.
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Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 57
Publications
AHDRC: 0150372