Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Ijebu Ode · ID: 3042545
not available anymore
Provenance
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s)Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Size
H: 22,5 cm (female) - 23,5 cm (male)
H: 8.9 inch (female) - 9.3 inch (male)
Description
wood, middle brown (washing) patina, traces of camwood powder and indigo blue pigment, glass beads, prominent faces with curved nose and extremely receding chin, individual coiffures, lancet-shaped scarification marks, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), ear holes, slightly dam., cracks
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 255