Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo · ID: 3035230

Description

wood, blotched brown patina, encrusted in some areas (“osun”), indigo blue pigment, abundantly adorned with strings of glass beads and coconut discs, well-proportioned, in smooth and round forms, characteristic features: hood-like hairstyle with long flaps at the sides concealing the ears, a pear-shaped face widely projecting to the front (profile), large eyes framed by eye-lashes, the pupils originally accentuated with nails, slightly dam., minor missing parts (right ear of the female figure, left eye of the male)

The object Male/female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3035230 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 250 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,600 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 207 ff.