Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina · ID: 3033806
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Provenance
French Private CollectionSize
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, encrustation with camwood powder, indigo blue pigment, large circular deepened eyes, subdivided by notched lines (eyelashes), high towering coiffure with incised ornaments, tapering breasts, slightly dam. (coiffure)
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3033806 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 286.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 536