Male twin figure "ere ibeji" with shorts · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa, Igbo Ora · ID: 3039825
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, a string of coconut discs wrapped around the hips for six times, necklace from red abrus seeds, drilled ear holes and pupils (ornament and metal tags missing), projecting disc-shaped coiffure openworked in parts, tribal marks on the face, both hands touching the thighs with the fingertips, slightly dam., minor missing part (right ear, left eye), abrasion
The object Male twin figure “ere ibeji” with shorts with the object ID 3039825 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 148 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 153