Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3042565
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Provenance
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s)Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, indigo blue pigment, elaborate crested coiffure with decorative ornament backside, unusual tribal marks, facial features strongly abraded, drilled pupils, slightly dam., cracks
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042565 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 332.
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