Zemanek-Münster

Female pair of twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin
sold EUR 600
Provenance
Private Collection, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 24/24,5 cm
H: 24/9.6 inch

Description

wood, rich brown patina, camwood powder, black paint, indigo blue pigment, drilled pupils, neck lobe, islamic triangle, notched ornaments, facial features rubbed off, slightly dam., cracks, rep. (vertical crack across left face half and coiffure/filled with wood and mass)


Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 256, ill. 142

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