Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo · ID: 3048875
sold
EUR 1,100
Provenance
Edward A. Spiegel (1931-2020), New York City, USA
Spiegel was professor of astronomy at Columbia University who worked on convection theory and on the application of fluid dynamics to astrophysics and was the first to discover Chaos Theory. As a professsor, he gained a reputation among his students for his amusing stories of meeting other famous scientists such as Paul Dirac and Stephen Hawking.
Size
H: 26,5 cm & 27,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch & 10.8 inch
Description
wood, indigo blue pigment, redwood flour, wax / oil, glass beads, coconut discs, rest.
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, cat. 499