Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Abogunde from Ede · ID: 3047258
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The NetherlandsSize
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, pigments,
A comparable “ibeji” figure of the master Abogunde from Ede depicted in Polo, 2008, ill. 375 (AHDRC 0107064).
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3047258 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 213 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.
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Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 202, ill. 92 Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 375