Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji", 19th century ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta · ID: 3039756

sold EUR 3,300
Provenance
Aloys Faust, Cologne, Germany (1960)
Ernst-Olof Siré, Forchheim, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 November 2009, lot 444
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, traces of camwood powder “osun”, beautiful modelled head with protruding chin, a fine grooved coiffure widely projecting to the back forming the counterweight, pierced pupils, lancet-shaped scarification marks, adorned with strands of old multi-coloured beads, facial features extremely abraded, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage (coiffure)


The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji”, 19th century with the object ID 3039756 was part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction on February 27, 2016. The object with the lot number 153 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,300 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.

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Publications

Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 29 & 40


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