Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035353

Name: Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
SKU: 3035353
Price: 600 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 600

Provenance

German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)

Size

H: 24 cm

H: 9.4 inch

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, remains of indigo blue pigment at the coiffure, six strings of glass beads, two metal bracelets, encrusted with clay, the eyes inset with metal tags (one missing), narrow elongated head with high towering crested coiffure, the facial features stongly abraded through feeding procedures so that they are hardly recognizable, min. dam. (coiffure), cracks

The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3035353 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 255 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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