Lot: 80
Male twin figure, region Abeokuta.
Stands on rectangular pedestal with a loin-cloth, scarification marks on forehead and cheeks.
Wood, glass-roded and tree-bark necklaces, dark glazed old patina.
Tiny cracks on the back of the right side of the head.
Hammer Price: 700 €
115B -
03. June 2014 at
03. June 2014 at
Literature:
Supporting literature: Mareidi and Gert Stoll, collaboration Ulrich Klever, Ibeji-Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, Munich 1980; Ulrich Klever, Bruckmann's Handbuch der Afrikanischen Kunst, Munich 1975.
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