Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Owu · ID: 3040526
sold
EUR 500
Size
H: 22/23,5 cm
H: 22/9.3 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, matt and shiny, small bodies with handle-shaped arms rising from short legs, plaited coiffure with accentuated middle crest, cheeks coated with angle-shaped tattoos, eyes with drilled holes (metal tags missing), incised tribal marks on stomach and neck, base with grooved decor around the rim, slightly dam., minor missing parts (coiffure/crest of both figures), cracks (left face half of one of the figures)
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 301