Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina
not available anymore
Provenance
French Private Collection
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, encrustation with camwood powder, indigo blue pigment, large circular deepened eyes, subdivided by notched lines (eyelashes), high towering coiffure with incised ornaments, tapering breasts, slightly dam. (coiffure)


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 536

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