Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo · ID: 3033145
Description
brown washing patina, necklace with blue glass beads, string with coconut discs, encrusted with clay, camwood powder in some areas, drilled pupils, scarification marks on face and belly, elongated narrow face with tapering mouth, crown-shaped high-towering coiffure with fine grooves, abrasion through feeding prodedures (nose), dam. (ears, coiffure), minor missing part at the back of the base
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3033145 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 331 achieved a sales price of EUR 750.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 360 f.