Couple of female twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo · ID: 3042324
Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Description
wood, brown patina, indigo blue and red pigment, diamond-shaped eyes with framing eyelashes and drilled pupils (metal tags missing), flat noses with hanging tip, pursed lips, concentrical linear tattoos, scarifications on the stomach, string of glass discs around hips, one figure with cowrie shell pendant, slightly dam., cracks
The object Couple of female twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042324 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 345 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 381