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.
Esperto: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
24.03.2014 - 16:00
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EUR 900,- a 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.
Esperto: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Asta: | Tribal Art |
| Tipo d'asta: | Asta in sala |
| Data: | 24.03.2014 - 16:00 |
| Luogo dell'asta: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Esposizione: | 18.03. - 24.03.2014 |