Standing female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta · ID: 3035474

Description

wood, lusterless brown patina, black and indigo blue paint at the coiffure, encrusted with clay, two metal rings, four strings of glass beads, delicate regular facial features, scarification marks in two rows on the cheeks, “jelly bag cap”-like coiffure, tattoos on the belly, incised lattice-pattern at the base, slightly dam., abrasion of paint (coiffure), socle

The object Standing female twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3035474 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 93 achieved a sales price of EUR 800 with an asking price of EUR 600.

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