Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan · ID: 3032859
sold
EUR 780
Provenance
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1966)Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, camwood powder, indigo blue paint at the coiffure, strings with coconut discs, high crested coiffure with grooved pattern, drilled pupils, linear incised scarification marks on the face, hanging breasts, slightly dam., crack (pedestal)
The object Female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3032859 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 143 achieved a sales price of EUR 780.
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Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 179, ill. 72