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Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Owu · ID: 3034378

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Provenance
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Size
H: 29 cm resp. 30 cm
H: 11.4 inch resp. 11.8 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, encrusted with camwood powder, male/female, heavily built body, prominent tribal marks on the face, pupils originally inset with metal tags, slightly dam., minor missing parts, mass missing in some areas, cracks


The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3034378 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 232.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 294


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