Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe · ID: 3035217
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, lusterless dark brown patina, blackish-blue paint at the coiffure, five strings of coconut discs, resp. glass beads, crown-shaped coiffure, the facial features strongly abraded, provided with tribal marks, metal tag pupils now missing, carved with a loincloth backside, washing patina, rep. (breakage at the neck)
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3035217 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 256 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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