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Male twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun, Size: H: 27,5 cm (H: 10.8 inch), ID: 3048124
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Lot 73
97th Auction

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.

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

Africa
Figures

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