Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo · ID: 3041184
Poul Mørk (1938 – 2013), Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator of the African Collections Departement at the National Museum of Denmark
Description
wood, brown patina, indigo blue pigment, abundantly adorned with 15 strings of miniature glass beads, resp. tiny coconut-discs, strong encrustations with paste from finely ground redwood and palm oil, large diamond-shaped eyes with drilled pupils (metal tags missing), skin scarification marks, facial features rubbed off by repeated feeding procedures, abrasion of paint (coiffure)
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3041184 was part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction on November 5, 2016. The object with the lot number 65 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100 with an asking price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 378