Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina · ID: 3033689
German Private Collection (acquired between 1969-1971)
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint at the coiffure, encrusted with camwood powder “osun”, various strings of glass beads and coconut discs, metal rings, the eyes inset with metal tags, islamic triangle on breast and back, epaulettes on the shoulders, projecting crested coiffure, the cheeks coated with angle-shaped incisions in concentrical arrangement, slightly dam.
The object Pair of male twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3033689 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 353.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 543