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Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa, Taille: H: 24,5 cm, resp. 25,5 cm, ID: 3039812
Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa, Taille: H: 24,5 cm, resp. 25,5 cm, ID: 3039812 - 2/2
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Lot 154
82nd Tribal Art Auction

Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa · ID: 3039812

Vendu 2 400 €
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 14 December, 1991, lot 397
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany

Description

wood, rich reddish brown patina, encrustations with camwood powder, remains of indigo blue pigment, abundantly adorned (with six strings of glass beads, resp.coconut discs each), metal tag eyes, tribal marks on face and stomach, prominent mouth/chin area and hairdo, slightly dam., cracks

Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 615

Publications

Zemanek, David, Nigeria, Kult und Ritus, Würzburg 2002, p. 35, ill. 26
Afrique
Figures

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