Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo · ID: 3042548
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s)Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Size
H: 29 cm (female), 29,5 cm (male)
H: 11.4 inch (female), 11.6 inch (male)
Description
wood, blackish brown, resp. reddish brown patina, beautiful regular facial features, high towering coiffures and eyelashes extremely fine grooved, drilled pupils, base with notched rim, slightly dam., nose and mouth abraded, min. insect caused damage
The object Pair of twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3042548 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 327 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 387