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Beschreibung : Wood in redwood powder Oshogbo, Oshun State, Nigeria, West Africa, mid-20th century Yoruba people Wooden figures in honor of the twin cult Height: 27 cm and 25.5 cm Very good condition Object is regular taxed. 19% VAT is added to the purchase price for deliveries within the EU. The two, on round plinths standing female ‘Ibeji’- figures wear high, carved hairstyles and belly and face tattoos. ‘Ere Ibedji’-figures are commissions of a carver on the occasion of a twin birth and then placed in the family shrine. The manufactured figures always correspond to the sex of the child and can fulfill several functions. Often they are used after birth as an offering to Orisha Ibedji, the twin god. Women who want twins, also order these carved figures. They can also capture the departed soul of a child. The figures is great attention paid, they are regularly fed with dishes, clothed and adorned and some of them are rubbed with redwood powder (‘Osun’).The pair of figures is in very good condition with minimal signs of age and wear. There is minimal flaking of the wood on the back can be seen, at on figure the base is being fragmented. The red-brown patina probably points out that the figures are rubbed in redwood powder. The heights are 27 cm and 25.5 cm. (asi)Literatur: Hrsg. H. Jantzen u. L. BertschSJ, Doppel - Leben Ibeji Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba (Hirmer 1993) p. 88 u.98 (text). M.u.G.Stoll, Ibeji-Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, Die folgende Lit. zeigt IBEDJI'S Stil-Regionen. M.Kecske'si, Kunst aus dem alten Afrika, Sammlung VKM München, p. 138 et seq. K. F. Schädler, Afrikanische Kunst, (Heyne TB), p. 120. K. F. Schädler, Afrikanische Kunst in deutschen Privatsammlungen, p. 85 et seq. UTOTOMBO, Afrikan. Kunst in belgischem Privat- besitz, Ausstell. Katalog, 1988, p. 165, et seq. Robert F.Thompson, Black Gods and Kings, Youruba Art at UCLA, 1976, c.12/12, c.13/8 et seq. William Fagg, YORUBA Sculpture of Westafrica. New York 1982, p. 14 et seq., p. 36 et seq., p. 46, p. 140. Karl Ferdinand Schädler, AFRICANA (Batten-berg, München, 1988, p. 122. Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American collections, 1989, p. 246 et seq. H. J. Drewal and J. Pemberton III, YORUBA- nine centuries of African Art and thought, p. 176 et seq. E. Herold, AFRIKANISCHE SKULPTUR -Stilformen und Traditionen (Dausien, Hanau 1989), p. 100 et seq. Dr.K.F. Schädler, Lexikon afrikanischer Kunst und Kultur (1994), p. 184. Fausto Polo, Jean David, KATALOG DER IBEJI (2001). Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.
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