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ERE IBEJI
Details
A FINE YORUBA FEMALE TWIN FIGURE
Ere ibeji
With smoothly worn facial features, blackened finely incised coiffure, extensive metal ornaments about the arms, several bead ornaments about the neck, waist, ankles and in one ear, cowry shells about one ankle, dark glossy patina
9in. (23cm.) high
Ere ibeji
With smoothly worn facial features, blackened finely incised coiffure, extensive metal ornaments about the arms, several bead ornaments about the neck, waist, ankles and in one ear, cowry shells about one ankle, dark glossy patina
9in. (23cm.) high
Provenance
Frank Crowninshield, New York
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, 1936
H.F. Sachs Gallery, New York, 1940
Mrs. George W. Crawford
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, 1936
H.F. Sachs Gallery, New York, 1940
Mrs. George W. Crawford
Literature
Exhibition of Sculptures of Old African Civilizations, New York, 1936, no.114 (not illustrated)