Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ajasse · ID: 3042325
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s)Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Size
H: 29,5 cm/30 cm
H: 11.6 inch/11.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, camwood powder “osun”, male/female, elongated heads with broad flat noses and pierced coiffures, abundantly adorned with scarification marks on forehead and cheeks, in the area of breast and belly, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), slightly dam., cracks, abrasion of paint
The object Couple of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042325 was part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction on May 27, 2017. The object with the lot number 339 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200 with an asking price of EUR 900.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 632