Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023
Lot 1427
A Yoruba male Ibeji figure
Estimate £500 - £700
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Description
A Yoruba male Ibeji figure
Ila area, Igbomina, Nigeria
with scarifications to the face and back of the neck, pierced ears with Islamic tirah amulets to the chest and back and with platform sandals,
22.5cm high.
Provenance
Collected in Lome in 1988.
cf. George Chemeche, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, 2003, p.225, no 192.