Pair of female twin figures "ere ibeji" and figural fragment ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, Ilorin, Egbe · ID: 3037410

Description

wood, brown patina, indigo blue pigment, eyes with inlay, metal bracelets (corroded), characteristic features: hands folded in front of the body, crown-shaped hairdo, both figures show strong traces of insect caused damage, rep., each mounted on wooden plate; additional: fragment of an “ibeji” figure, just head and upper part of the body preserved, but strongly marked by insect caused damage as well, adorned with two strings of glass beads and metal bracelets, base

The object Pair of female twin figures “ere ibeji” and figural fragment with the object ID 3037410 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 335 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 173