Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in a single
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wood, colour pigments, glass beads, coconut discs, fabric, cowrie shells,
Very nice pair of figures with heavily rubbed facial features, wearing heavy wide overcoat with cowrie shell trim.
H: 28 cm / 28,5 cm; H / W: 39,5 cm / 15 cm (coat), H: 11,0 inch / 11,2 inch; H / W: 15,6 inch / 5,9 inch
Provenance:Mallam Abba Kallah, Hausa trader, Nigeria
Balint B. Denes, Arizona, USA (coll. in the 1960s) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, Lot 293
Walter Grasser, Munich, GermanyAHDRC: 0107321
Lit.: Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 376
Very nice pair of figures with heavily rubbed facial features, wearing heavy wide overcoat with cowrie shell trim.
H: 28 cm / 28,5 cm; H / W: 39,5 cm / 15 cm (coat), H: 11,0 inch / 11,2 inch; H / W: 15,6 inch / 5,9 inch
Provenance:Mallam Abba Kallah, Hausa trader, Nigeria
Balint B. Denes, Arizona, USA (coll. in the 1960s) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, Lot 293
Walter Grasser, Munich, GermanyAHDRC: 0107321
Lit.: Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 376
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Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in a single
Estimate €1,000 - €2,500
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