Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Igbesa/Ado Odo · ID: 3043581
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Provenance
Galerie Simonis, Düsseldorf, GermanySize
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
The object Male/female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3043581 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 318.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 242 & 231
Publications
AHDRC: 0150556