Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Erin · ID: 3041598
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Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, GermanySize
H: 24,2 cm
H: 9.5 inch
Description
wood, shiny dark brown patina, black paint, encrustations with camwood powder, necklace and bracelet from miniature glass beads, four cowrie shell strings at the right wrist, metal tag pupils, incised linear scarification marks, unusual coiffure, slightly dam., cracks (right eye, base)
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3041598 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 288.
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