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Lot 266

Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Gbongan-Modakeke · ID: 3049809

not available anymore

Provenance

Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Size

H: 24,5 cm

H: 9.6 inch

Description

wood, camwood powder, indigo blue pigment, glass beads, handwritten collection number “821”

The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3049809 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 266.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 191, ill. 82

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