Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado · ID: 3042334
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Provenance
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s)Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
wood, matt brown patina, small remains of indigo blue pigment, fine work of carving, incised scarification marks on the face, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), abrasion of paint, slightly stained patina
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042334 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 346.
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