Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Esie village · ID: 3048106
Ernst-Olof Siré, Forchheim, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 November 2009, Lot 445
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
Description
wood, camwood powder, glass beads,
Particularly striking about this pair of figures are the unusually rich body scarifications.
The pair is published in Gert and Mareidi Stoll’s standard work on Yoruba twin figures (Munich 1980, p. 308, fig. 208). It was found in Esie village in Igbomina area.
The object Female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3048106 was part of the auction 97th Auction on November 6, 2021. The object with the lot number 80 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.
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Publications
Mareidi und Gert Stoll, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 308, ill. 208
AHDRC: 0106649