Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo/ Ilorin · ID: 3040463

Name: Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
SKU: 3040463
Price: 400 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 400

Provenance

Armin Ackermann, Munich, Germany

Size

H: 26,7 cm

H: 10.5 inch

Description

wood, matt blackish brown patina, encrusted in some areas, two strings of glass beads, style characteristics: massive body and large head with bulky coiffure, accentuated eyelashes, metal tag pupils, incised horizontal tattoos on both sides of the mouth, diamond-shaped incisions running around the base, slightly dam., minor missing parts

The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3040463 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 306 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 519

Africa

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