Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
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Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online AuctionFemale twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin / Kwara State, Egbe
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1985, lot 131 | H: 11.7 inch | sold |
wood, pigments, camwood powder, metal rings, glass beads, nail heads (eyes), insect caused missing parts
Long years of use in the cult have rendered the facial contures of this figure barely recognizable.
Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 172