An Old Ibeji Figure – Nigeria – RARE ITEM
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An Old Ibeji Figure – Nigeria – RARE ITEM
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An Old Ibeji Figure – Nigeria – RARE ITEM
An Old Ibeji Figure – Nigeria – RARE ITEM
An Old Ibeji Figure – Nigeria – RARE ITEM
An Old Ibeji Figure – Nigeria – RARE ITEM
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An Old Ibeji Figure – Nigeria – RARE ITEM

An Old Ibeji Figure – Nigeria – RARE ITEM

Old Wooden Ritual Phallus – LEGBA – Fon Tribe – Benin

435,00€

Shiny reddish wood with remnants of camwood; hair and headdress colored with indigo. Height: 26.8 cm (10.55″); Weight: 149.5 g (5.27 oz).

Rarity grade (Polo/David): Scarce.

Extremely unusual Ibeji figure of the Ijebu from Iperu, standing on a small, thin square base with rounded corners. The slanted feet are very short; legs also slanted; genitalia not accentuated; rounded shoulders; small, short hands with slightly concave backs; ears protruding at the top and attached at the bottom; receding chin; small mouth; long nose with broad tip; large semicircular eyes bordered all around; three vertical scarification marks on each cheek and on the forehead. The hair, styled upwards, supports an attached headdress hanging down and ending in a carved mask.
References:

  • Fausto Polo & Jean David, Catalogue of the Ibeji, 2001, Type D, 323
  • Fausto Polo, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, 271
  • Mareidi & Gert Stoll, Ibeji. Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, 1980, 148 ff.
  • Hanni Jantzen & Ludwig Bertsch, Doppel-Leben, Ibeji, 1993, 126

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Additional information

Weight500 g