Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti, Oye · ID: 3048122
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Walter Grasser, Munich, GermanySize
H: 30 cm / 30,5 cm (female / male)
H: 11.8 inch / 12.0 inch (female / male)
Description
wood, camwood powder, indigo blue pigment, glass beads,
The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3048122 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 76 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 348 f. Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 139