Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon · ID: 3041746
Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria
Description
wood, rich reddish brown shiny patina, camwood powder “osun”, indigo blue pigment, four strings of miniature glass beads, characterized by big diamond-shaped eyes with framing eyelashes and fine grooved high towering coiffure, the big ears slightly asymmetrically arranged, incised scarification marks on forehead and cheeks, features abraded (due to the regular applying of food offerings and innumerable face washings), slightly dam. (left ear), abrasion of paint
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3041746 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 44 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 410
Publications
AHDRC: 0141982