Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in beaded coat · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan · ID: 3036966
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
Description
wood, dark brown patina, “osun”, three strings (coconut/vertebra?), extremely narrow heads with crested hairdo, the eyes framed by lashes, tribal marks on cheeks, forehead and chin, Ibadan typical tattoos on the belly and out of the ordinary on the arms as well, nail heads of silver metal as pupils preserved, stiff coat of cotton fabric embroidered with strings of miniature glass beads in checkerboard pattern (old beads backside), slightly dam., crack (head)
The object Male pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” in beaded coat with the object ID 3036966 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 357 achieved a sales price of EUR 650.
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Publications
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 180, ill. 73