Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Shaki · ID: 3039914

Description

wood, middle brown patina, indigo blue pigment, encrustations with clay-like mass, abundantly adorned with various strings of miniature glass beads and tiny coconut discs, three cowrie shells around wrist, metal tag pupils preserved, very fine work of carving, especially the delicate facial features and the coiffure, beautiful profile, rich skin scarifications, crosshatches around the base, facial features abraded through repeated feeding procedures, abrasion of paint (coiffure), crack (base)

The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3039914 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 413.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 439