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Female twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba,

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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. Continen

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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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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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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, Oyo, Ilobu: 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:

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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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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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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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Yoruba Female Twin Figure, Nigeria: Yoruba Female Twin Figure, Nigeria ibeji Wood, pigments, glass beads, metal, encrustations Height 10 3/4in (27.3cm) Provenance Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 1994, Lot 108 Stanley Lederman Collection, New

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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 Coat of a Twin Figure Pair "ere ibeji": Ibeji-Kleid Yoruba, Nigeria H 22 cm. B 22 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich. Mit Glasperlen 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 19 cm. L 20 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich. Mit Glasperlen versehener Mantel eines Zwillingsfiguren-Paares "ere ibeji". CHF 100 / 200 EUR 86 / 172

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Female twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba,

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Description

wood, reddish brown shiny patina, black paint, encrustations with camwood powder, breasts, belly and back coated with linear scarification marks, carved with belt and sandals, slightly dam., crack (back), fine cracks (encrusted mass)
H: 29 cm, H: 11,4 inch
Provenance:
Francisco Diaz, Spain
David Serra, Barcelona, Spain
Lit.: Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 585
Continent: Africa

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Female twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba,

Name: Female twin figure \"ere ibeji\" - Nigeria, Yoruba,
SKU: 34922182
Price: 1200 EUR
Availability: InStock

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