Male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ijara · ID: 3038211

Description

wood, dark brown shiny patina, black paint, encrustations with “osun”, three strings with miniature glass beads, diamond-shaped eyes, flat nose, pointed mouth, rich scarification marks on the face, vertical tattoos on breast and back, slightly dam., cracks

The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3038211 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 304 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 587