Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ajasse · ID: 3042139
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 8 April 1989, lot 187Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, encrusted in some areas, three strings of coconut discs, pear-shaped face with filed incisors and high towering crested coiffure, large pointed ears, plateau sandals, slightly dam., abrasion of paint (nose, eyes)
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042139 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 137 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 628
Publications
AHDRC: 0141647