Lot: 148

82nd Tribal Art Auction

Male twin figure "ere ibeji" with shorts

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa, Igbo Ora

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Mareidi Singer, Munich, Germany (1991)
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
H: 9.6 inch sold

wood, brown patina, black paint, a string of coconut discs wrapped around the hips for six times, necklace from red abrus seeds, drilled ear holes and pupils (ornament and metal tags missing), projecting disc-shaped coiffure openworked in parts, tribal marks on the face, both hands touching the thighs with the fingertips, slightly dam., minor missing part (right ear, left eye), abrasion


Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 153