Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Ijebu Ode · ID: 3042545
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Provenance
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s)Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Size
H: 22,5 cm (female) - 23,5 cm (male)
H: 8.9 inch (female) - 9.3 inch (male)
Description
wood, middle brown (washing) patina, traces of camwood powder and indigo blue pigment, glass beads, prominent faces with curved nose and extremely receding chin, individual coiffures, lancet-shaped scarification marks, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), ear holes, slightly dam., cracks
The object Couple of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042545 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 326.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 255