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Three male twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3043892

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Provenance
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany

Description

wood, nails (pupils), a) “ibeji” in cowrie shell cape, Ekiti, Oye, h: 30,5 cm; b) “ibeji”, Oyo, Shaki, h: 27 cm; c) “ibeji”, rare type, h: 25,5 cm


The object Three male twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3043892 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 121.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 349 (a); ill. 429 (b)


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