Twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado · ID: 3039755
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 248
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Description
wood, middle brown patina, the head is dyed blackish-brown, traces of indigo blue paint, strings of glass beads and tiny shell discs, carved with a loincloth, surmounted by an egg-shaped head with crested coiffure and flat facial features, pierced pupils, lancet-shaped scarification marks on forehead and cheeks, slightly dam., fine cracks, small missing parts
The object Twin figure “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3039755 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 147 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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Publications
Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 41