Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017
Lot 266
A pair of Yoruba male and female Ibeji Nigeria wood with remains of Reckitt's blue to the raised...
Estimate £400 - £500 | Hammer £350
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Description
A pair of Yoruba male and female Ibeji
Nigeria
wood with remains of Reckitt's blue to the raised coiffure, the stern looking faces with lashes and scarifications, the bodies with a brass bangle and beads and with abdominal scarifications,
26.7cm high. (2)
Provenance
Collected in the Nigeria during the 1950's.