Male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo · ID: 3037427

Description

wood, matt shiny middle brown patina, five strings of glass beads, metal tag eyes, distinctive pear-shaped face with “bulgy eyes” and a broad nose, mouth with notched upper and lower lip, sloping shoulders, bulging belly with accentuated navel, rising from extremely short legs and big feet, slightly dam., rep. (base), minor missing part at the same place

The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3037427 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 333 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 467