Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon · ID: 3037518
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, indigo blue pigment, five strings of miniature glass beads, male/female, the bodies strongly encrusted with camwood powder “osun”, metal tag eyes, linear scarification marks on forehead and cheeks, flat broad noses, notched mouth, slightly dam.
The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3037518 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 313 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 411