Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran · ID: 3043204
Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
Description
wood, rich reddish brown shiny patina, black paint, abundantly adorned (three strings of glass beads/coconut discs each), encrusted with camwood powder, slightly dam., insect caused missing parts, cracks (base/head of the male figure)
The object Male/female pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3043204 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 320 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 572 Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 219 ff.
Publications
AHDRC: 0150557