Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin · ID: 3042551
Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Description
wood, matt reddish brown patina, black paint, encrustations with clay-like mass and camwood powder, two metal rings, two strings of glass beads, prominent faces with extremely bulging eyeballs and arrow-shaped noses, the left eye of the female dislocated, incised linear tattos on forehead and cheeks, notched ornaments at the stomach, hairdo of both of the figures strongly marked by insect caused damage, missing parts (both of the bases on the backside)
The object Couple of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042551 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 326 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.
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