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Yoruba 4 Figures Ibeji

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Yoruba 4 Figures Ibeji
<B>Yoruba (Nigeria)</B></I><BR>Four <I>Ibeji</B></I> Figures<BR>Wood, metal, camwood, indigo and laundry bluing, beads<BR>Height: 10 ½ inches Width: 2 ¾ inches Depth: 2 ¾ inches<BR><BR>Although the sizes, faces, and bodies of these four figures are essentially “identical”, there are also differences that lead to caution in stating that these memorial images represent a rare occurrence of quadruplets. Two bases have plain vertical edges, one has diagonal striations, and one has cross-hatching. The figure with cross-hatched base has a strand of beads at the neck and a waist band of small leather disks. The figure with the diagonally-striated base has a waist band of small leather disks. Three of the four figures have metal-inserted eye pupils; the fourth shows where these were formerly inserted. One figure is missing its proper left ear, and the diagonally-striated base has lost a small segment at proper left front.<BR><BR>Provenance: Gary Hendershott, Little Rock<BR>Greg LaChapelle, Santa Fe<BR><BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Collectibles (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>) <BR><BR><B>Important n