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Figure masculine de jumeau "ere ibeji" portant un manteau de cauris
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Figure masculine de jumeau "ere ibeji" portant un manteau de cauris

Nigéria, Yoruba, Oyo, style Igbuke
Vendu 750 €
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 13 March 2010, Lot 225
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
Taille
H: 31,5 cm
H: 12.4 inch

Description

wood, pigments, fabric, cowrie shells, dam. / missing parts (cape)

More than anywhere else, “ibeji” from Oyo can be found wearing cowrie coats. Cowrie shells were once legal tender in West Africa, and this gesture is an indication of the high regard paid to the deceased by his family, and the wealth of the family as well.

Littérature comparée

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 156 f.

Publications

AHDRC: 0107474

Afrique
Figures

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