Male twin figure "ere-ibeji" in cowrie shell cape · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo · ID: 3033690
Description
wood, dark brown patina, camwood powder, black paint, metal tag eyes, strings of red miniature glass beads and coconut-discs, typical characteristics: high towering hairdo arranged in four lobes, eyelashes framing the eyes, tapering mouth, marks on the abdomen and grooved ornamentation running around the base, slightly dam.
The object Male twin figure “ere-ibeji” in cowrie shell cape with the object ID 3033690 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 291 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 361