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Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Size: H: 31,3 cm (female)/30,5 cm (male) (H: 12.3 inch (female)/12.0 inch (male)), ID: 3042639
Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Size: H: 31,3 cm (female)/30,5 cm (male) (H: 12.3 inch (female)/12.0 inch (male)), ID: 3042639 - 2/5 Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Size: H: 31,3 cm (female)/30,5 cm (male) (H: 12.3 inch (female)/12.0 inch (male)), ID: 3042639 - 3/5 Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Size: H: 31,3 cm (female)/30,5 cm (male) (H: 12.3 inch (female)/12.0 inch (male)), ID: 3042639 - 4/5 Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Size: H: 31,3 cm (female)/30,5 cm (male) (H: 12.3 inch (female)/12.0 inch (male)), ID: 3042639 - 5/5
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Lot 168
87th Tribal Art Auction

Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo · ID: 3042639

sold EUR 400
Provenance
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Size
H: 31,3 cm (female)/30,5 cm (male)
H: 12.3 inch (female)/12.0 inch (male)

Description

wood, brown patina, pigment remains, camwood powder, narrow elongated head with high towering four-parted coiffure, large eyes with framing eyelashes, nose with hanging tip, pointed mouth, three lancet-shaped Oyo marks on the forehead, characteristic scarification marks on the stomach, metal tag pupils (preserved in the left eye of each of the figures), abraded facial features, abrasion of paint backside, traces of insect caused damage (backside of the base)

The object Couple of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042639 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 168 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 360

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