Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Igbesa · ID: 3038006
sold
EUR 650
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, adorned with three, resp. two strings of glass beads, both arms straight aside the body, short leg zone, mostly covered by stiff loincloth, tribal marks on the face, slightly dam.
The object Male pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3038006 was part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction on March 21, 2015. The object with the lot number 301 achieved a sales price of EUR 650 with an asking price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 243