Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
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88th Tribal Art AuctionMale twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in Oyo, 1956) | H: 10.2 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, greyish brown patina, remains of camwood powder and indigo blue pigment, strings of glass beads and coconut discs, metal ring, slightly dam. (coiffure and base on the backside)
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 57