Zemanek-Münster

Male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun · ID: 3048124

sold EUR 300
Provenance
Neumeister, Munich, 15 November 2007, Lot 106
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch

Description

wood, camwood powder, glass beads,
Carved with Islamic triangle “tirah” and shoulder flaps.


The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3048124 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 73 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Chemeche, George, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, Milan 2003, ill. 150 Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 540


Publications

AHDRC: 0108546


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