Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo · ID: 3040886
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, two strings of glass beads, metal tag eyes (right one missing), string of cowrie shells around left wrist, characteristic features: slightly curved body axis in profile, head widely projecting to the front, full face with round cheeks and large eyes with framing eyelashes, incised linear tattoos on the cheeks, facial features abraded through repeated feeding procedures, slightly dam. (both breasts)
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3040886 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 325 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
You can find more Figures and other popular object types on our related topic pages. You may also be interested in our page on African art.