Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran · ID: 3033297
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983)
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint at the coiffure, two strings of glassbeads, three strings with coconut-discs, encrustations with camwood powder, diamond-shaped eyes, vaulted pupils with drilled holes, tapering mouth situated at the tip of the chin, incised linear tattoos on the cheeks, slightly dam., cracks, rep. (ankles/base of one figure)
The object Male pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3033297 was part of the auction 70th tribal art auction on September 8, 2012. The object with the lot number 158 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,600 with an asking price of EUR 2,200.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 579 f. Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 320