Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo · ID: 3048875
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.
Description
wood, indigo blue pigment, redwood flour, wax / oil, glass beads, coconut discs, rest.
The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3048875 was part of the auction 98th Auction on March 26, 2022. The object with the lot number 226 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, cat. 499