Male twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe (Ilorin) Area / Kwara State, Size: H: 28,5 cm (H: 11.2 inch), ID: 3047134

Male twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe (Ilorin) Area / Kwara State, Size: H: 28,5 cm (H: 11.2 inch), ID: 3047134 - 2/5

Male twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe (Ilorin) Area / Kwara State, Size: H: 28,5 cm (H: 11.2 inch), ID: 3047134 - 3/5

Male twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe (Ilorin) Area / Kwara State, Size: H: 28,5 cm (H: 11.2 inch), ID: 3047134 - 4/5

Male twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe (Ilorin) Area / Kwara State, Size: H: 28,5 cm (H: 11.2 inch), ID: 3047134 - 5/5

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Lot 197

95th Tribal Art Auction

Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe (Ilorin) Area / Kwara State · ID: 3047134

sold EUR 3,400

Provenance

Ian Auld, Halstead, England

Size

H: 28,5 cm

H: 11.2 inch

Description

wood, colour pigments, camwood powder, glass, metal,
Characteristic of the “ibeji” from the Egbe region are the hands which are folded over the belly.

Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 173

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