Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, Egba · ID: 3034030
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Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
wood, rich dark brown and blackish brown patina, characteristics: loincloth, crescent-shaped hairdo, Egba tribal marks, unusual arrangement of both hands, slightly dam. (ears), cracks, traces of insect caused damage (coiffure of one of the figures)
The object Male pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3034030 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 275.
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Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 113 Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 127