Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo · ID: 3037430

Description

wood, matt shiny reddish brown patina, black paint at the coiffure, encrustations with camwood powder, metal tag eyes, six strings of glass beads, cord with cowrie shells, large head with triangular nose and tapering mouth, prominent high towering coiffure with horizontal grooves, handle-shaped arms, diamond-shaped pattern around the base, slightly dam. (nose bridge)

The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3037430 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 322 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 514