Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba/Egbado - Shaki · ID: 3036985
Description
wood, brown patina, shiny or encrusted with “osun”, necklace with glass beads, extreme short legs, elongated trunk and arms, carved navel with radial tattoos, no tribal marks on the face, large eyes with framing eyelashes and nailheads (pupils), coiffure pierced in the middle, missing parts through insect caused damage (coiffure, back of the head, base), cracks (backside)
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3036985 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 361.
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Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 138, ill. 36 & p. 242 ff.