Zemanek-Münster

Male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina · ID: 3033310

sold EUR 560
Provenance
René David, Zurich, Switzerland
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983)
Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint at the coiffure, six necklaces with glass beads resp. coconut discs, encrusted with kaolin, helmet-shaped coiffure with tapering sides, eyes with drilled pupils, the islamic triangle on breast and neck, plateau sandals, dam., right foot tip missing, the facial features rubbed off through feeding procedures


The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3033310 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 155 achieved a sales price of EUR 560.

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