Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon · ID: 3037967

Description

wood, rich reddish brown shiny patina, black paint, camwood powder “osun”, eight strings of coconut discs and miniature glass beads, large head with fanciful headdress, eyes with notched eyelashes and drilled pupils, small body with handle-shaped arms, vertical incisions on the cheeks, slightly dam., crack (disc-shaped base), base;
ibeji" statuettes are memorial figures for deceased twins. They were cared for just as for the surviving child itself.

The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3037967 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 309 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 410