Auction 104 After sale
Zemanek-Münster

Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan
sold EUR 750
Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, small remains of camwood powder and indigo blue paint, adorned with strings of glass beads and coconut discs, both of them show a strong body with broad angular shoulders and accentuated breasts, the face richly carved with scarification marks, metal tag eyes (one of them missing), slightly dam., cracks, minor missing parts (breasts)


Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 71

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