Zemanek-Münster

Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, Egbe
sold EUR 1,800
Provenance
Mama Adamou, Lomé, Togo (1981)
Size
H: 27,5 cm & 28,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch & 11.2 inch

Description

wood, pigments, glass beads, metal, cowrie shells,

Beautiful pair of figures, particularly richly decorated. Long years of use in the cult have rendered the facial contures of these figures barely recognizable.


Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 280, ill. 171

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