Two male twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3037889

Description

wood, rich blackish brown patina, strings of miniature glass beads and coconut-discs, metal bracelets, metal tag eyes (one missing), high crested coiffures with a kind of wickerwork- pattern and neck lobe, beautiful worked hands, incised scarification marks on face and bladebones, slightly dam., missing parts (backside of the base, ear, hair crests), cracks, rep. (breakage at the neck of one of the figures), facial features rubbed off

The object Two male twin figures “ere ibeji” with the object ID 3037889 was part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction on March 21, 2015. The object with the lot number 300 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500 with an asking price of EUR 600.

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