Male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, border area Igbomina/ Ilorin · ID: 3042981

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, encrustations with camwood powder, striking large hands and feet, the latter carved with elaborate sandals, massive necklace with islamic triangle “tirah” on breast and back, unusual: lowered head and eyelids, facial features rubbed off, pierced pupils, diamond-shaped deepened sign of the carver on the underside of the base, slightly dam. (crest).
For an “ibeji” of the same master/workshopf see G. Stoll, 1980, ill. 161.

The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042981 was part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction on November 11, 2017. The object with the lot number 329 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200 with an asking price of EUR 800.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 272, ill. 161