Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta · ID: 3034405
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, GermanySize
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, rich brown patina, string with red miniature glass beads, prominent breasts, projecting disc-shaped coiffure, drilled pupils and ear holes, lancet-shaped tribal marks on forehead and cheeks, rising from a flat rectangular base with zigzag pattern around the rim, good condition
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3034405 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 238 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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