Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado, Ilaro · ID: 3039824
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, four strings of glass beads per figure, pleasing facial features, large hands resting aside the thighs, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), tribal marks on the face, facial features strongly abraded by repeated feeding procedures, slightly dam. (coiffure backside), minor missing part (neck)
The object Female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji with the object ID 3039824 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 157 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Chemeche, George, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, Milan 2003, p. 297
Publications
Zemanek, David, Nigeria, Kult und Ritus, Würzburg 2002, p. 34, ill. 25