Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan · ID: 3037359
Description
wood, mat brown patina, encrusted with camwood powder, three strings with glass beads and shell discs, metal tag eyes (partly missing), long cylindrical heads with flat chin and hairdo in two lobes, arching brows, flat noses with broad wings, facial features rubbed off in parts, dam., missing parts (both bases), cracks, plate
The object Female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3037359 was part of the auction 78th tribal art auction on October 18, 2014. The object with the lot number 331 achieved a sales price of EUR 450 with an asking price of EUR 400.
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