Standing male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe - Yagba · ID: 3037246

Description

wood, matt reddish brown patina, encrusted with camwood powder and black paint, overlong narrow head with big eyes framed by eyelashes, linear mouth flanked by three horizontal incisions, both hands resting aside the navel, slightly dam., cracks, presumably rep. (one jag of the hairdo)

The object Standing male twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3037246 was part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction on March 21, 2015. The object with the lot number 315 achieved a sales price of EUR 260 with an asking price of EUR 250.

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Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 644