Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo · ID: 3036970
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
Description
wood, strongly encrusted brown patina, traces of “osun” and kaolin, two strings of miniature glass beads, fine carved regular facial features, two-parted high towering coiffure with grooves and headband, symmetrical arranged angular scarification marks on the cheeks, harmonical formed body, small traces of insect caused damage at the back of the base, encrustation partly chipped off;
beautiful old “ibeji”.
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3036970 was part of the auction 77th tribal art auction on June 28, 2014. The object with the lot number 348 achieved a sales price of EUR 450 with an asking price of EUR 300.
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