Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe, Yagba · ID: 3042141
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, metal ring, u-shaped flat face without mouth, facial features strongly abraded, nose and upper fringe of eyelashes just barely recognizable, delicate linear tattoos, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), prominent gesture, slightly dam., missing parts (left ear, backside), abrasion of paint
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042141 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 139.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 650
Publications
AHDRC: 0142031