Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji"
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86th Tribal Art AuctionCouple of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967) |
H: 10.8 inch (male)/11 inch (female) | sold |
wood, brown patina, camwood powder "osun", indigo blue pigment, male/female, big heads with the chin widely projecting to the front, marked by large diamond-shaped eyes with framing eyelashes and drilled pupils (metal tags missing), fine grooved high towering coiffures in two lobes, tattoos on forehead and cheeks, slightly dam. (nose and mouth of the female), abrasion of paint
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 407/408