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Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Owu, Size: H: 22/23,5 cm (H: 22/9.3 inch), ID: 3040526
Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Owu, Size: H: 22/23,5 cm (H: 22/9.3 inch), ID: 3040526 - 2/4 Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Owu, Size: H: 22/23,5 cm (H: 22/9.3 inch), ID: 3040526 - 3/4 Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Owu, Size: H: 22/23,5 cm (H: 22/9.3 inch), ID: 3040526 - 4/4
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Lot 303
83rd Tribal Art Auction

Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Owu · ID: 3040526

sold EUR 500
Size
H: 22/23,5 cm
H: 22/9.3 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, matt and shiny, small bodies with handle-shaped arms rising from short legs, plaited coiffure with accentuated middle crest, cheeks coated with angle-shaped tattoos, eyes with drilled holes (metal tags missing), incised tribal marks on stomach and neck, base with grooved decor around the rim, slightly dam., minor missing parts (coiffure/crest of both figures), cracks (left face half of one of the figures)

The object Female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3040526 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 303 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 301

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