African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1107
A Yoruba male Ibeji figure in a beaded coat
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £750
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Description
A Yoruba male Ibeji figure in a beaded coat
Nigeria
with a double domed grooved coiffure with remains of Reckitt's Blue, pierced ears and with wear to the nose and lips, the body with cam powder and the base with a hatched band, 24.5cm high,
the leather bordered coat with coloured glass beads worked a stylised animal flanked by roundels, linear, chequer and triangular designs, the back with lozenges, 19cm high, 23.5cm wide. (2)
Provenance
Christie's, London, 12 December 1989, lot 299.