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Male twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilobu

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Male twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo,: wood, colour pigments, glass beads, coconut discs, H: 27,5 cm, H: 10,8 inch Provenance:Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany Lit.: Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 198

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Male twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba,: wood, camwood powder, crowrie shells, glass beads, nails, For the Yoruba the birth of twins promised wealth and prosperity, which is symbolized by the attached strings of cowrie snails . H: 30,5 cm, H

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Male twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba: wood, matt brown patina, camwood powder, the eyes unusual in form with the brows describing a permanent line, chin plug, disc-shaped high towering coiffure with middle ridge, shoulder flaps, triangula

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Female twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State / Egbe (Ilorin) area: wood, pigments, metal, H: 31 cm, H: 12,2 inch Provenance: Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Bernhard JÃ¤ger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany Lit.: Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Y

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Female twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Baba Magba: wood, pigments, glass beads, metal, H: 29 cm, H: 11,4 inch Provenance: Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands Lit.: Chemeche, George, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, Milan 2003, ill. 126 f.

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Female twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba,: wood, colour pigments, glass beads, metal, In 1980 Stoll published a pair of figures that bear striking resemblance to the present figure. He describes the pair as very unusual and places them in the

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Twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba: wood, reddish brown patina, encrustations with camwood powder "osun", remains of indigo blue paint at the coiffure, strings of glass beads, diamond-shaped eyes with framing eye-lashes and drilled pupi

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A Coat of a Twin Figure "ere ibeji": Ibeji-Kleid Yoruba, Nigeria H 18 cm. B 19 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich. Mit Kaurischnecken versehener Mantel einer Zwillingsfigur "ere ibeji". CHF 100 / 200 EUR 86 / 172

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A Yoruba Pair of Twin Figures, "ere ibeji": Zwillingsfiguren-Paar, "ere ibeji" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, Textil, Kaurischnecken. H je 27,5 cm. B je 27 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich. - Kurth Kocher (1943-2014

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A Coat of a Twin Figure Pair "ere ibeji": Ibeji-Kleid Yoruba, Nigeria H 15 cm. B 24 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich. Mit Kaurischnecken versehener Mantel eines Zwillingsfiguren-Paares "ere ibeji". CHF 100 / 200 EUR 86 / 172

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A Coat of a Twin Figure Pair "ere ibeji": Ibeji-Kleid Yoruba, Nigeria H 16 cm. B 28 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich. Mit Kaurischnecken versehener Mantel eines Zwillingsfiguren-Paares "ere ibeji". CHF 100 / 200 EUR 86 / 172

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A Yoruba Female Twin Figure ere ibeji, Igbomin: A Yoruba Female Twin Figure ere ibeji, Igbomina, Igbomina state, Nigeria Height: 12 inches HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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Yoruba-Figur, "ere ibeji" / Nigeria / Twin Figure: 103 Figur, "ere ibeji" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, Eisen. H 23 cm. Provenienz: - vermutl. Maria Wyss, Basel. - Hannah Salathé (1926-2012), Basel. - Schweizer Nachlass Basel. Übe

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Male twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilobu

Item Details

Description

wood, camwood powder, pigments, nail heads,
H: 30 cm, H: 11,8 inch

Provenance:
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Lit.: Polo, Fausto, EnzyklopÃ¤die der Ibeji, 2008, cat. 393
Continent: Africa

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Male twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilobu

Name: Male twin figure \"ere ibeji\" - Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilobu
SKU: 163908416
Price: 400 EUR
Availability: InStock

Estimate €400 - €800

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Starting Price €400

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