Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa · ID: 3042148
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
German Private Collection, collected in situ (1972-1979)Size
H: 25,5 cm
H: 10.0 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, eight strings of glass beads/coconut discs, metal tag eyes, big head rising from proportionally small body with overlong arms reaching to the feet, face with prominent nose/mouth area and angular scarification marks, striking large ears, slightly dam.
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042148 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 343 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 616