Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon · ID: 3042322
Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Description
wood, brown patina, camwood powder “osun”, indigo blue pigment, male/female, big heads with the chin widely projecting to the front, marked by large diamond-shaped eyes with framing eyelashes and drilled pupils (metal tags missing), fine grooved high towering coiffures in two lobes, tattoos on forehead and cheeks, slightly dam. (nose and mouth of the female), abrasion of paint
The object Couple of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042322 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 340 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 407/408