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Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Size: H: 23 cm (each) (H: 9.1 inch (each)), ID: 3045677
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Lot 86
92nd Tribal Art Auction

Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba · ID: 3045677

sold EUR 800
Provenance
collected in situ in the 1960s
Saxer, Switzerland
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
Size
H: 23 cm (each)
H: 9.1 inch (each)

Description

wood, camwood powder, indigo blue pigment, miniature glass beads, coconut discs, nails, beautiful detail: feather-shaped emblem, rep. (female)

The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3045677 was part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction on June 29, 2019. The object with the lot number 86 achieved a sales price of EUR 800 with an asking price of EUR 450.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 133, ill. 30/31

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