Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran · ID: 3042635
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, GermanySize
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, characteristic pear-shaped face, nearly beak-like tapered mouth, large eyes with bulging eyeballs, linear scarification marks on the face, the body strikingly thick encrusted with clay-like mass, resp. camwood powder, facial features abraded, slightly dam.
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042635 was part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction on November 11, 2017. The object with the lot number 166 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600 with an asking price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 571 ff.