Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo Oshogbo · ID: 3040503

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, encrustations with camwood powder, small remains of indigo blue pigment, string of coconut discs, head with large facial plane widely projecting to the front, large elliptical eyes with framing eyelashes, linear incised tattoos on the cheeks, high towering coiffure with flat tip, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), slightly dam., abrasion of paint

The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3040503 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 297 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 376 ff

Publications

Albert-König-Museum (ed.), Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Unterlüß, 2001, p. 40, ill. 58

Exhibition

Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Albert-König-Museum, Unterlüß 11. März -16. April 2001