Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, Ilorin area / Yoruba, Egbe · ID: 3048109
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Mallam Abba Kallah, Hausa trader, NigeriaBalint B. Denes, Arizona, USA (coll. in the 1960s)
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, Lot 286
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, camwood powder, indigo blue pigment,
Two characteristic features distinguish “ibeji” from the small town of Egbe: the hands folded over the belly and the high crown-shaped hairstyles.
In these beautiful specimens, the facial features are heavily rubbed due to many years of treatment in the cult.
Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 172 Chemeche, George, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, Milan 2003, ill. 216
Publications
AHDRC: 0108850