Pair of female twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo / Ilorin · ID: 3042731

Description

wood, brown patina, encrusted with camwood powder, remains of indigo blue pigment, richly adorned with four metal rings and strings of glassbeads, shell- and coconut-discs, facial features strongly abraded by repeated feeding procedures, slightly dam., missing parts (backside: base of both figures)

The object Pair of female twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042731 was part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction on November 11, 2017. The object with the lot number 331 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 472 and 485