Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila area · ID: 3047000
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, GermanySize
H: 30,5 cm
H: 12.0 inch
Description
wood, pigments, glass beads, coconut discs, missing part, rest. (feet)
A comparable figure shown in R. F. Thompson (1976, ill. 75. LX70-12), which was postulated as a possible work of the carver Dagikonle of Igbomole.
Igbomina is the name of a tribe with Ila Orangun as capital, which, along with Abeokuta, Oshogbo and Ekiti, forms one of the most important centres of traditional Yoruba wood carving. Ila sculptures are justifieably counted amongst the best the Yoruba have ever produced in this respect.
Comparing literature
Thompson, Robert Farris, Black Gods and Kings, Los Angeles 1976, Chapter 13, ill. 75. LX70-12