Twin figure "ere ibeji" with cowrie cape · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran · ID: 3033238
sold
EUR 500
Size
H: 32 cm
H: 12.6 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, indigo blue pigment, encrusted with camwood powder, the body entirely covered by a cowrie cape with broad shoulders, clay-like mass in front of the breast, egg-shaped head with lancet-shaped scarification marks and unusual coiffure, traces of old age
The object Twin figure “ere ibeji” with cowrie cape with the object ID 3033238 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 371 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 571 f.