Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Orangun, Igbomina · ID: 3036151

Description

wood, brown patina, camwood powder, 3 strings of coconut discs/2 strings of glass beads, drilled pupils, one nailhead of aluminium preserved, pierced crown-shaped coiffure, carved with necklace and amulet, flat face, facial features with abrasion through feeding procedures, slightly dam., missing part at the coiffure, crack (right side of the body, base), drilling in the right ear broken out

The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3036151 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 488 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.

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Comparing literature

Chemeche, George, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, Milan 2003, p. 184 f.