Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035356
sold
EUR 1,700
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)Size
H: 27,5 cm, resp. 28 cm
H: 10.8 inch, resp. 11.0 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, camwood powder, indigoblue pigment, various necklaces, one figure with a string of cowrie snails around the wrist, high towering bipartite “jelly bag cap” coiffures, protruding diamond-shaped eyes, accentuation of breast and buttocks, extremely short legs, slightly dam. (eyes, nose, ears, tips of the coiffures), missing parts (feet and base of both figures), paint rubbed off (coiffure)