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Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Offa, Igbomina · ID: 3036980

sold EUR 1,200
Provenance
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, black paint at the coiffure, encrusted in some areas, “osun”, small body with handle-shaped arms rising from short legs akimbo, head with long and pointed ears, wearing a high tapering headdress, the small face provided with short nose and and projecting mouth, scarification marks on the cheeks, slightly dam.;
rare “ibeij” type !


The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3036980 was part of the auction 77th tribal art auction on June 28, 2014. The object with the lot number 347 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200 with an asking price of EUR 450.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 615


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