Online catalogue for the 59th tribal art auction

78 Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

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Nigeria, Yoruba

wood, blackish brown patina, camwood powder, kaolin, a male and a female figure, large-sized, the gender accentuated, dominated by big heads with tribe-typical scarifications and cantilevered crested coiffures with incised grooved pattern, slightly dam., minor missing parts, crack at the back of the base of the male figure, paint rubbed off

H: ca. 25 cm
H: ca. 9.8 inch

Provenance
Coll. Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

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