Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3032764

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, encrusted with clay and camwood powder “osun”, big diamond-shaped eyes, tapering mouth with notched teeth, linear incised scarification marks on face and body, slightly dam., cracks, rep. (left foot tip)

The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3032764 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 358 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.

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