Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Yagba, Egbe · ID: 3042859
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, abundantly adorned (three strings of coconut discs and miniature glass beads each), typical characteristic of Egbe “ibejis”: both hands folded in front of the belly, linear tattoos, metal tag pupils (now missing), facial features abraded, small traces of insect caused damage backside, cracks at the same place
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042859 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 327 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 649 ff.