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Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Igbesa/Ado Odo, Size: H: 25/26 cm (male/female) (H: 25/10.2 inch (male/female)), ID: 3043581
Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Igbesa/Ado Odo, Size: H: 25/26 cm (male/female) (H: 25/10.2 inch (male/female)), ID: 3043581 - 2/5 Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Igbesa/Ado Odo, Size: H: 25/26 cm (male/female) (H: 25/10.2 inch (male/female)), ID: 3043581 - 3/5 Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Igbesa/Ado Odo, Size: H: 25/26 cm (male/female) (H: 25/10.2 inch (male/female)), ID: 3043581 - 4/5 Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Igbesa/Ado Odo, Size: H: 25/26 cm (male/female) (H: 25/10.2 inch (male/female)), ID: 3043581 - 5/5
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Lot 318
88th Tribal Art Auction

Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Igbesa/Ado Odo · ID: 3043581

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Provenance
Galerie Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany
Size
H: 25/26 cm (male/female)
H: 25/10.2 inch (male/female)

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, miniature glass beads, coconut discs, brass tags, individual coiffures, slightly dam., missing parts (both bases, crested coiffure of the female), base

Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 242 & 231

Publications

AHDRC: 0150556

Africa
Figures

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