Female twin figure "ere ibeji", 19th century
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
sold
EUR 3,300
Provenance
Aloys Faust, Cologne, Germany (1960)Ernst-Olof Siré, Forchheim, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 November 2009, lot 444
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, traces of camwood powder “osun”, beautiful modelled head with protruding chin, a fine grooved coiffure widely projecting to the back forming the counterweight, pierced pupils, lancet-shaped scarification marks, adorned with strands of old multi-coloured beads, facial features extremely abraded, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage (coiffure)