Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta · ID: 3036557
Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, traces of black paint, strings of miniature glass beads, striking: a necklace of small chevron-beads with a broad red bar-shaped bead in the centre, beautiful modelled facial features with eyes situated wide apart from each other, metal tags as pupils missing, tattoos on cheeks and belly, both hands closed to fists, encrusted patina at a place above the forehead
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3036557 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 493 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,400 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 120