Two male twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035475
b) Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1972)
Swiss Private Collection
Description
wood, a) Oshogbo, dark brown patina, black paint at the coiffure, h: 28 cm, three strings of coconut discs around the hips, nail heads in the pupils missing, sacrificial traces, slightly dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (backside at the base); b) Oshogbo, middle brown patina, greyish black paint at the coiffure, h: 30 cm, two strings of glass beads, characteristic pear-shaped face, nailheads in the eyes missing, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (right side of head and body), socle
The object Two male twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3035475 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 92.
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Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 99 (b)