Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta · ID: 3042329
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s)Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, three strings of glass beads, male/female, tribe typical facial features and coiffures, male figure with loincloth, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), proportionally small hands with central drilling, slightly dam. (nose of the female figure), missing parts (base of the male figure), rep. (three breakages at the base plates), abrasion of paint
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 131