Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta · ID: 3036556

sold EUR 3,000
Provenance
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany
Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 21,5 cm
H: 8.5 inch

Description

wood, rich blackish brown shiny patina, abundant decor with strings of miniature glass beads and coconut discs around hips and neck, heavy brass rings around the wrists, striking beautiful modelled facial features, elaborate coiffure, metal tags as pupils preserved, lancet-shaped scarification marks on forehead and cheeks strongly abraded, slightly dam., minor missing part (left earlap)


The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3036556 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 494 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000 with an asking price of EUR 800.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 118


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