Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017

Lot 269

A Yoruba male Ibeji Nigeria wood with a five point coiffure and diamond shape eyes with facial...

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £380

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Description

A Yoruba male Ibeji

Nigeria

wood with a five point coiffure and diamond shape eyes with facial scarifications and further scars radiating down from the umbilicus, with beads,

possibly by Abegunde of Ede or his son,

28.2cm high.

Provenance

Collected in the Nigeria during the 1950's.