Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3038027
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, necklace with miniature glass beads and cowrie shell pendant, crested coiffure with accentuated middle ridge, overlong arms, large ears, metal tag eyes, slightly dam., cracks (on the right side of the head and at the disc-shaped base) filled with mass, respectively small wooden pieces reinserted
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3038027 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 298 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.
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