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Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran, Size: H: ~ 28,5 cm (H: ~ 11.2 inch), ID: 3046022
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran, Size: H: ~ 28,5 cm (H: ~ 11.2 inch), ID: 3046022 - 2/5 Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran, Size: H: ~ 28,5 cm (H: ~ 11.2 inch), ID: 3046022 - 3/5 Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran, Size: H: ~ 28,5 cm (H: ~ 11.2 inch), ID: 3046022 - 4/5 Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran, Size: H: ~ 28,5 cm (H: ~ 11.2 inch), ID: 3046022 - 5/5
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Lot 218
93rd Tribal Art Auction

Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran · ID: 3046022

sold EUR 3,000
Provenance
German Private Collection
Size
H: ~ 28,5 cm
H: ~ 11.2 inch

Description

wood, colour pigments, coconut discs, vertebral bones, glass beads,

The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3046022 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 218 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 320, ill. 220

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