Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Orangun · ID: 3036961
Description
wood, matt middle brown patina, indigo blue pigment at the coiffure, richly encrusted with “osun”, characteristic traits: the artificial crown-shaped coiffure, the carved islamic triangle “tirah” on breast and back, slender body with both hands resting aside the thighs, small traces of insect caused damage (coiffure, backside), cracks in the mass and in the wood (right shoulder)
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3036961 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 367 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.
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Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 299, ill. 194