Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Gebiet · ID: 3036142
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Size
H: 29/30 cm (male/female)
H: 29/11.8 inch (male/female)
Description
wood, brown patina, camwood powder, black paint and indigo blue pigment at the coiffure, strings of glass beads around neck and arms, male/female, carved with epaulettes, high towering coiffures diversified in form, their faces marked by big eyes and a broad mouth with projecting lips, slightly dam. (coiffures)
The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3036142 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 499.
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