Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeoukuta · ID: 3033312
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
Description
wood, black patina, a larger female and a smaller male figure with loincloth, carved with projecting disc-shaped coiffures, pupils with drilled holes, tribal marks on cheeks and forehead, slightly dam., missing parts at the back of the males hairdo;
hands in the Akinyode position, with thumb and forefinger forming an O, diamond-shaped signs on the underside of the base.
The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3033312 was part of the auction 70th tribal art auction on September 8, 2012. The object with the lot number 154 achieved a sales price of EUR 450 with an asking price of EUR 330.
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Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 115, ill. 9