Male twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa, Size: H: 30,5 cm (H: 12.0 inch), ID: 3048121

Male twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa, Size: H: 30,5 cm (H: 12.0 inch), ID: 3048121 - 2/3

Male twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa, Size: H: 30,5 cm (H: 12.0 inch), ID: 3048121 - 3/3

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Lot 79

Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa · ID: 3048121

sold EUR 400

Provenance

Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Zemanek-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

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