Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado, Ilogbo · ID: 3039811
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 14 December 1991, lot 404Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, with well-formed body and regular facial features, arms in flat bows, hands flat to the thighs, beautiful patina, facial features abraded (eyes, nose) through repeated feeding procedures, slightly dam., minor missing parts (right hand, base)
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3039811 was part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction on February 27, 2016. The object with the lot number 146 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400 with an asking price of EUR 700.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 197