Male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Illorin · ID: 3038041

Description

wood, rich blackish brown patina, encrusted in some areas, string of coconut discs around the hips, cap-like hairdo with projecting middle crest and pointed side flaps, pleasing facial features with flat nose and broad mouth, incised scarification marks on cheeks and navel, drilled pupils (metal tags removed), static posture with symmetrical arranged limbs and with hands flat to the thighs, handwritten collection number “P 53” at the bottom of the base, slightly dam., facial features rubbed off through feeding procedures

The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3038041 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 411 achieved a sales price of EUR 650.

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