Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila area · ID: 3047000

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.

The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3047000 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 204 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.

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Comparing literature

Thompson, Robert Farris, Black Gods and Kings, Los Angeles 1976, Chapter 13, ill. 75. LX70-12

Publications

Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 297, ill. 192