Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe/area of Ilorin · ID: 3036196

Description

wood, rich brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, one string of white miniature glass beads, distinct characteristics: high crown-like coiffure and hands folded over the belly, one figure with remains of fabric and indigo blue pigment at the coiffure, the coiffure of the second figure partly missing, eyes with metal tags (one missing), long years of use in the cult have rendered the facial features of these figures barely recognizable

The object Female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3036196 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 491 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,400 with an asking price of EUR 1,200.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 279