Female pair of twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin · ID: 3043229
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Private Collection, Berlin, GermanySize
H: 24/24,5 cm
H: 24/9.6 inch
Description
wood, rich brown patina, camwood powder, black paint, indigo blue pigment, drilled pupils, neck lobe, islamic triangle, notched ornaments, facial features rubbed off, slightly dam., cracks, rep. (vertical crack across left face half and coiffure/filled with wood and mass)
The object Female pair of twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3043229 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 331 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 256, ill. 142