Male twin figure "ere ibeji" with shorts
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82nd Tribal Art AuctionMale twin figure "ere ibeji" with shorts
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa, Igbo Ora
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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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