Male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ogbomosho, Oyo · ID: 3036759

Description

wood, dark brown patina, black paint, encrustations with “osun”, rhombic eyes with metal tags as pupils, prominent mouth area (nose, upper and lower lip and chin stepped), diagonal incisions across the left shoulder, slightly dam., crack (right side of the head, leg/base at the same place), washing patina on the face

The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3036759 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 369 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 465