Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina · ID: 3033310
sold
EUR 560
Provenance
René David, Zurich, SwitzerlandHarald & 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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