Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
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91 Tribal Art AuctionFemale twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke style
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in Oyo, 1956) | H: 11.6 inch | sold |
wood, camwood powder, coconut discs, glass beads, drilled pupils, beautiful washing patina
In the style of the "Igbuke" family of carvers, the typical marks on the abdomen and the grooved ornamentation around the base are easily recognizable.
Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 161, ill. 57