Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035356

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, camwood powder, indigoblue pigment, various necklaces, one figure with a string of cowrie snails around the wrist, high towering bipartite “jelly bag cap” coiffures, protruding diamond-shaped eyes, accentuation of breast and buttocks, extremely short legs, slightly dam. (eyes, nose, ears, tips of the coiffures), missing parts (feet and base of both figures), paint rubbed off (coiffure)

The object Female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3035356 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 251 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,700 with an asking price of EUR 900.

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