Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo · ID: 3034944
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
German Private CollectionSize
H: 28 cm (male)
29 cm (female)
H: 11.0 inch (male)
11.4 inch (female)
Description
wood, brown patina, encrusted with “osun”, indigo blue pigment at the coiffure, three strings of glass beads, drilled pupils (nail heads missing), vertical scarification marks on the cheeks, mouth and nose strongly abraded (because of feeding and washing procedures), slightly dam.
The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3034944 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 276 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.
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