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Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ipokia · ID: 3039848

sold EUR 1,600
Provenance
Joachim Herrmann, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany (1999)
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 24,5/25,5 cm
H: 24,5/10.0 inch

Description

wood, shiny reddish brown patina, kaolin, three strings of glass beads, narrow faces with overlong pointed chin, concentrical tribal marks lateral on face, crested coiffure with grooves, additional: cape embroidered with colourful miniature glass beads, slightly dam. (ear), cracks


The object Pair of male twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3039848 was part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction on February 27, 2016. The object with the lot number 156 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 249


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