Female twin figure "ere ibeji" in cowrie snail cape · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo · ID: 3033856
sold
EUR 600
Size
H: 31,5 cm
H: 12.4 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, blackish blue paint at the coiffure, camwood powder, bulging coiffure with grooves, large eyes with framing eye-lashes and drilled pupils, nail heads missing, intact cowrie snail cape with diamond-shaped applications of magical mass, broken off in parts, slightly dam.
The object Female twin figure “ere ibeji” in cowrie snail cape with the object ID 3033856 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 288 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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