Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina · ID: 3037011
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
Description
wood, matt brown patina, indigo blue and white pigment, four strings of glass beads/coconut discs, unusual high towering hairdo, face with large projecting eyes, a broad flat nose and pointed chin, ears with drilled holes, carved with a belt around the hips, slightly dam., small traces of insect caused damage (coiffure), abrasion (facial features, neck lobe)
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3037011 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 350 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 545