Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 226
Two pairs of Yoruba Ibeji figures
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £353
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Description
Two pairs of Yoruba Ibeji figures
Nigeria
including a Gbongan, Oyo male pair, with chequer linear carving to the chests, and a female pair with nut shell and glass beads and aluminium bands,
25cm and 27cm high. (4)
Provenance
Zbyszek Plocki Collection, London.
Published
Gbongan pair - George Chemeche, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, 2003, p. 137, no. 90.