Female pair of twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin · ID: 3043229
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Private Collection, Berlin, GermanySize
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