Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan · ID: 3032085

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, small remains of camwood powder and indigo blue paint, adorned with strings of glass beads and coconut discs, both of them show a strong body with broad angular shoulders and accentuated breasts, the face richly carved with scarification marks, metal tag eyes (one of them missing), slightly dam., cracks, minor missing parts (breasts)

The object Female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3032085 was part of the auction 68th tribal art auction on March 3, 2012. The object with the lot number 395 achieved a sales price of EUR 750 with an asking price of EUR 250.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 71