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Single Male Master of the Smiling Face
  • ORIGIN: Ila Orangun
  • TRIBE: Igbomina
  • HEIGHT: 11 in. - 28 cm
  • CATALOGUE OF THE IBEJI No. 836
  • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE IBEJI No. 559
  • CARVER:  Master of the Smiling Face 
  • IBEJI ARCHIVE No. 59v54
  • EXPERTISED/APPRAISED VALUE: $ 4,600 

Single Male Master of the Smiling Face

$3,100.00Price

  • Rare male by the Master of the Smiling Face

    Old Ibeji carved by the Master of the Smiling Face in a workshop located in Ila Orangun, in the Igbomina tribe territory.  All the Ibeji carved in this workshop, where worked three master carvers whose real name is unknown, have an appealing smiling expression. For this reason they are called with the name of "Master of the Smiling Face". The body has an ample cover of a brownish-red camwood patina. The particular hairstyle still has light traces of blue Reckitt stain.  

  • Ibeji Art offers an unconditional guarantee of authenticity on the Ibeji sold because they are always accompanied by the Expertise of Fausto or Mauro Polo. READ MORE...

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