Male twin figure "ere ibeji", Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ado Odo, Size: H: 23,5 cm (H: 9.3 inch), ID: 3040888

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Lot 291

85th Tribal Art Auction

Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ado Odo · ID: 3040888

sold EUR 470

Provenance

Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1996)

Size

H: 23,5 cm

H: 9.3 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, string of coconut discs/miniature glass beads, striking broad shoulders with accentuated collarbone, beautiful formed head with projecting back of the head, diamond-shaped eyes originally stud with metal tags, beautiful detail: hands nearly naturalistically formed, slightly dam. (right eye), small traces of insect caused damage, nose and mouth abraded

The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3040888 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 291 achieved a sales price of EUR 470.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 234 ff.

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