Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo · ID: 3042274
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Provenance
Ursula Voorhuis, Sint Agathe, The NetherlandsSize
H: 25,5 cm/ 27,5 cm
H: 10.0 inch/ 10.8 inch
Description
wood, matt reddish brown patina, traces of black and indigo blue pigment, glass bead necklace, big eyes with framing eyelashes and drilled pupils (metal tags missing), linear skin scarifications on forehead and cheeks, fine grooved bipartite high towering coiffure, encrustations with camwood powder “osun”, slightly dam., abrasion of paint (eyes, mouth)
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042274 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 324.
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