Zemanek-Münster

Male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ajasse · ID: 3042632

sold EUR 450
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1986, lot 267
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, camwood powder “osun”, black paint, indigo blue pigment, distinctive mouth part with filed incisors, drilled ear holes and pupils (metal tags missing), lower part of the body and legs amalgamated, rich scarification marks on stomach, breast and face, facial features abraded (due to the regular applying of food offerings and innumerable face washings), slightly dam., cracks


The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042632 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 169 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 632


Publications

AHDRC: 0147190


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