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Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta, Size: H: 22,5 cm / 23,5 cm (male / female) (H: 8.9 inch / 9.3 inch (male / female)), ID: 3046546
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta, Size: H: 22,5 cm / 23,5 cm (male / female) (H: 8.9 inch / 9.3 inch (male / female)), ID: 3046546 - 2/4 Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta, Size: H: 22,5 cm / 23,5 cm (male / female) (H: 8.9 inch / 9.3 inch (male / female)), ID: 3046546 - 3/4 Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta, Size: H: 22,5 cm / 23,5 cm (male / female) (H: 8.9 inch / 9.3 inch (male / female)), ID: 3046546 - 4/4
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Lot 287
94th Tribal Art Auction

Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta · ID: 3046546

sold EUR 1,800
Provenance
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
Size
H: 22,5 cm / 23,5 cm (male / female)
H: 8.9 inch / 9.3 inch (male / female)

Description

wood, camwood powder, coconut discs, glass beads, weathering/ insect caused damage, rest.

Beautiful “ibeji”- couple from the Adugbologe workshop, possibly Ojerinde Adugbuloge.

The facial features show remarkably narrow elongated eyes and full lips. The unusual hand posture is characteristic for Abeokuta carvers.

The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3046546 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 287 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 139 and AHDRC 0133199

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