Male pair of twin figures
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Timed Online Auction: Collector's Items SaleMale pair of twin figures
Benin, Fon
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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German Private Collection | H: 7.3 inch / 7.9 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, miniature glass beads,
Even the Fon practice, like the Yoruba of Nigeria and the Ewe of Togo, the twin cult in which figures are carved to commemorate a deceased twin.
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 47