Zemanek-Münster

Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Owu
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

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