Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun, Workshop of the "Master of the smiling face" ("Master of the Archaic Smile") · ID: 3049142
sold
EUR 3,500
Provenance
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The NetherlandsSize
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, pigments, metal,
Beautiful figure with attractive facial features, which are heavily rubbed due to repeated feeding procedures.
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3049142 was part of the auction 99th Auction on November 12, 2022. The object with the lot number 106 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,500 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 559 f.