Set of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3048132
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (c)Neumeister, Munich, 24 May 2007, Lot 136 (e)
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
Description
6 pcs., wood, redwood flour, indigo blue pigment, glass beads,
a) female twin figure with luxuriant body scarification, Owu, Ibadan, h: 24.5 cm; b) male twin figure, Owu, Ibadan, collection no. “812”, h: 28.5 cm
c) male twin figure with necklace, Oyo, Oshogbo, collection no. “189-262”, H: 26 cm
d) female twin figure, Oyo, Ifon, H: 26 cm
e) male twin figure, Oyo, Oshogbo area, H: 28 cm
f) female twin figure, Kwara State, Ilorin, h: 26,5 cm
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 296 (a); ill. 378 (c); ill. 405 (d) Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 217, fig. 104 (e) Chemeche, George, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, Milan 2003, fig. 123 (f)