Zemanek-Münster

Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo
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

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