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Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon, Size: H: 26 cm (female) 27,5 cm (male) (H: 10.2 inch (female) 10.8 inch (male)), ID: 3045678
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon, Size: H: 26 cm (female) 27,5 cm (male) (H: 10.2 inch (female) 10.8 inch (male)), ID: 3045678 - 2/5 Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon, Size: H: 26 cm (female) 27,5 cm (male) (H: 10.2 inch (female) 10.8 inch (male)), ID: 3045678 - 3/5 Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon, Size: H: 26 cm (female) 27,5 cm (male) (H: 10.2 inch (female) 10.8 inch (male)), ID: 3045678 - 4/5 Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon, Size: H: 26 cm (female) 27,5 cm (male) (H: 10.2 inch (female) 10.8 inch (male)), ID: 3045678 - 5/5
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Lot 87
92nd Tribal Art Auction

Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon · ID: 3045678

sold EUR 500
Provenance
collected in situ in the 1960s
Saxer, Switzerland
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
Size
H: 26 cm (female)
27,5 cm (male)
H: 10.2 inch (female)
10.8 inch (male)

Description

wood, pigment remains, traces of insect caused damage

Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 407

Africa
Figures

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