Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo · ID: 3039244
German Private Collection, Berlin (1962)
Description
wood, brown patina, remains of indigo blue pigment, camwood powder, four strings with coconut discs around the hips, glass bead necklaces around neck and ankles, originally metal tag eyes (now missing), typical Oyo “ibeji” with characteristic tribal marks on the face (“keke”) and scarification marks on the belly, grooves running around the base, facial features abraded by repeated feeding procedures, slightly dam. (ears, coiffure backside);
in the style of the Igbuke family of carvers.
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3039244 was part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction on October 31, 2015. The object with the lot number 365 achieved a sales price of EUR 500 with an asking price of EUR 300.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 360 ff