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Beautiful Yoruba Ibeji male couple with blue hair from Nigeria.<\/strong> These impressive twin statues exude strength and spirituality, with their hefty stature, dark patina and vivid blue pigment residue on the high hairstyles.<\/p>\n

Origin & meaning<\/strong>
\nThe Yoruba in Nigeria have a special twin cult. When one of the children died, an Ibeji statue was made to house the soul. Honouring and caring for these statues brought prosperity and protection to the family. Twins were considered spiritually powerful, and so the statues were often given blue pigments and ornate hairstyles to emphasise their special status. The blue on this male couple is probably<\/em> derived from Reckitt's Blue<\/em>, a common detergent used ritually at the time; sometimes indigo was also used. Both pigments symbolised purity and protection and indicate actual cultic use. The smoothed faces are the result of prolonged ritual touch and care, which explains the soft, well-loved patina.<\/p>\n

Provenance<\/strong>
\nChristie's South Kensington, 27 March 1990 (lot 221); later De Zwaan Auction House, 2024.<\/p>\n

Dimensions & condition<\/strong>
\nHeight 32 cm, width 6.5 cm, depth 6.5 cm (per figure).
\nAuthentic condition with clear traces of ritual use: superficial wear, pigment loss, craquelure and rounded, partly worn facial features. Blue pigment residue on hairstyles clearly visible. No restorations; both figures stand stable.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prachtig Yoruba Ibeji mannenpaar met blauw haar uit Nigeria. Deze indrukwekkende tweelingbeelden stralen kracht en spiritualiteit uit, met hun forse gestalte, donkere patina en levendig blauwe pigmentresten op de hoge kapsels. Herkomst & betekenis De Yoruba in Nigeria kennen een bijzondere tweelingcultus. Bij het overlijden van een van de kinderen werd een Ibeji beeldje vervaardigd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"Yoruba Ibeji mannenpaar \u2013 blauw haar \u2013 Nigeria","_seopress_titles_desc":"Yoruba Ibeji mannenpaar met blauw haar. Tweelingbeelden met patina en afgesleten gezichten \u2013 onweerstaanbaar voor verzamelaars.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"Yoruba Ibeji beelden,Yoruba Ibeji,Ibeji mannenpaar,Ibeji beelden Nigeria,Yoruba kunst,Yoruba tweelingbeelden,Nigeriaanse Ibeji,Ibeji blauw haar,Yoruba sculptuur,Afrikaanse tribale kunst,Yoruba Ibeji authentiek,Yoruba Ibeji kopen,Ibeji mannen kopen,Yoruba tweelingbeelden kopen,Yoruba kunst kopen,Ibeji collectie Nigeria,Yoruba Ibeji verzamelaarsobject,Yoruba Ibeji mannenpaar kopen,Yoruba Ibeji blauw haar kopen,Yoruba Ibeji collectie Nigeria kopen,Yoruba Ibeji authentiek kopen,Yoruba Ibeji verzamelaarsobject kopen","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[]},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[69,54],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-8182","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-beelden-kunst-uit-afrika","product_cat-kunst-uit-afrika","first","instock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/8182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=8182"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=8182"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=8182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}