Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, Egba · ID: 3036583
Description
wood, matt dark brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, string with coconut discs fivefold wrapped around the hips, characteristic traits: the projecting disc-shaped coiffure, Egba tribal marks, hands in a 90° angle to the body; arrow-shaped scarifications on the breasts, fomerly drilled pupils, slightly dam. (nose, coiffure)
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3036583 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 498 achieved a sales price of EUR 925.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 122 ff. Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 108