Male couple of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa · ID: 3041520
Description
wood, dark brown patina, camwood powder “osun”, black paint, indigo blue pigment, eyes inset with metal tags (one missing), several strings of glass beads and coconut discs, prominent facial features: striking short nose, the notched mouth situated at the tip of the chin, large eyes with grooved upper lid, incised angular tattoos on the cheeks, slightly dam.
The object Male couple of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3041520 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 323 achieved a sales price of EUR 720.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 606