Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa · ID: 3048121
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 4 September 2010, Lot 388
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 30,5 cm
H: 12.0 inch
Description
wood, camwood powder, crowrie shells, glass beads, nails,
For the Yoruba the birth of twins promised wealth and prosperity, which is symbolized by the attached strings of cowrie snails .
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3048121 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 79 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 599