Yoruba, Nigeria: ‘Ibeji’ twin figure, female, style: ‘Egba’.
An ‘Ibeji figure’, carved for a dead female twin (for a more detailed explanation see cat. no. 51). A very finely manufactured piece in rare Egba style. Made of brown, dark coloured wood. With a hairstyle of lines in relief and an interesting part in plaited pattern at the back of the head. With a necklace of long, red glass pearls and remains of rubbed-in powdered redwood. First half of the 20th century; H: 26 cm. (ME)
Provenance: Viennese private collection.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
24.03.2014 - 16:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 900.- to EUR 1,000.-
Yoruba, Nigeria: ‘Ibeji’ twin figure, female, style: ‘Egba’.
An ‘Ibeji figure’, carved for a dead female twin (for a more detailed explanation see cat. no. 51). A very finely manufactured piece in rare Egba style. Made of brown, dark coloured wood. With a hairstyle of lines in relief and an interesting part in plaited pattern at the back of the head. With a necklace of long, red glass pearls and remains of rubbed-in powdered redwood. First half of the 20th century; H: 26 cm. (ME)
Provenance: Viennese private collection.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 24.03.2014 - 16:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 18.03. - 24.03.2014 |