Two Yoruba Male Figures, ibeji, Nigeria
heights 11 and 10in (28 and 25.5cm)
each standing on a circular base with shortened legs and hands to the hips, each chest and upper back with raised scarification, the cylindrical necks supporting ovoid heads with high, arching coiffures, each with beaded necklace; fine varied dark brown patina with encrustations.
Provenance:
Mort Lipkin, New York
Private Collection, New Jersey
each standing on a circular base with shortened legs and hands to the hips, each chest and upper back with raised scarification, the cylindrical necks supporting ovoid heads with high, arching coiffures, each with beaded necklace; fine varied dark brown patina with encrustations.
Provenance:
Mort Lipkin, New York
Private Collection, New Jersey
Sold for
US$ 732
inc. premium
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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