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Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Illorin

Item Details

Description

wood, pigments, glass beads,
H: 27 cm & 27,5 cm, H: 10,6 inch & 10,8 inch

Provenance:
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
Neumeister, Munich, 18 May 2006, Lot 75
Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany

AHDRC: 0107967

Lit.: Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 193 & 202
Continent: Africa

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Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Illorin

Name: Male pair of twin figures \"ere ibeji\" - Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Illorin
SKU: 174170542
Price: 600 EUR
Availability: InStock

Estimate €600 - €1,200

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