Male/female couple of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta · ID: 3041837

Description

wood, beautiful blackish brown patina, cowrie shells, three strings thread with miniature glass beads, one with coconut discs, typical style characteristics of Abeokuta carvers: oversized hands, male figure carved with loincloth, “egba” tribal marks and crested coiffures, pupils originally stud with metal tags, facial features strongly abraded by repeated feeding procedures, each mounted on pedestal

The object Male/female couple of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3041837 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 286.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 128