Pair of female twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijara, Igbomina · ID: 3034381
sold
EUR 650
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 26. Juli 1997, lot 341Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Size
H: 28 cm resp. 28,5 cm
H: 11.0 inch resp. 11.2 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, black paint at the coiffure, encrusted with camwood powder “osun”, two strings with coconut discs, faces with well-rounded cheeks, tapering mouth with bare teeth, pyramidal protruding eyes, tribal marks, arms with incised lines, slightly dam. (coiffure), cracks
The object Pair of female twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3034381 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 241 achieved a sales price of EUR 650.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 568 f.