Standing male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3034391

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, narrow elongated head with high towering grooved coiffure, a flat nose tapering to a point, the eyes inset with metal tags, skin scarification marks, slightly dam., abrasion of paint in the mouth area, presumably from feeding procedures

The object Standing male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3034391 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 231.

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