Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta · ID: 3035214

Description

wood, light brown washing patina, black paint, traces of indigo blue pigment, male/female, drilled pupils, typical Abeokuta carving style characteristics: the high crested coiffure, tribal marks, ears with holes to attach jewellry, as well as the main feature of all Abeokuta ibeji, the loin cloth on the male figures, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage (both bases, right leg of the female figure), rep. (base of the male figure)

The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3035214 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 258 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 108, ill. 1