Lot: 194

Paire de figures jumelles "ere ibeji"

Nigéria, Yoruba, Ife, Gbongan

Provenance	Taille	Adjugé
Billy (William) Pearson (1920-2002), La Jolla, USA Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany	H: 25 cm & 26 cm	Vendu

wood, pigments, cowries, glass beads, coconut discs,

Both figures are hung with cowrie strings as an expression of special esteem and to demonstrate the family's wealth.

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 310 (AHDRC 0106607)

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