Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo · ID: 3038042
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, encrusted in some areas, three strings of miniature glass beads, face with round cheeks and large eyes with framing eyelashes, high towering coiffure with accentuated middle crest, incised scarification marks on face and stomach, distinctive posture: craning head between hanging shoulders, collection number “P 52” at the bottom of the base, facial features rubbed off through long use in the cult, metal tags removed, slightly dam., cracks (right side of head and body, base)
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3038042 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 412 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 386