Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina · ID: 3036200

Description

wod, matt brown patina, indigo blue pigment, camwood powder, necklace with coconut discs and red glass bead pendant, the face widely projecting to the front, provided with accentuated sharp cut features and a massive three-parted coiffure, lancet shaped tattoos on the cheeks, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, rep. (base/feet)

The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3036200 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 496 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 541