Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa
sold
EUR 2,400
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 14 December, 1991, lot 397Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 24,5 cm, resp. 25,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch, resp. 10.0 inch
Description
wood, rich reddish brown patina, encrustations with camwood powder, remains of indigo blue pigment, abundantly adorned (with six strings of glass beads, resp.coconut discs each), metal tag eyes, tribal marks on face and stomach, prominent mouth/chin area and hairdo, slightly dam., cracks