Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
sold EUR 400
Provenance
Pater Josef Malfliet, Schifferstadt, Germany
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch

Description

wod, matt brown patina, indigo blue pigment, camwood powder, necklace with coconut discs and red glass bead pendant, the face widely projecting to the front, provided with accentuated sharp cut features and a massive three-parted coiffure, lancet shaped tattoos on the cheeks, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, rep. (base/feet)


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 541

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