Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Ijebu Ode

Provenance	Size	Starting price / estimated price
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)	H: 8.9 inch (female) - 9.3 inch (male)	This object is not available anymore.

wood, middle brown (washing) patina, traces of camwood powder and indigo blue pigment, glass beads, prominent faces with curved nose and extremely receding chin, individual coiffures, lancet-shaped scarification marks, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), ear holes, slightly dam., cracks

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 255

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