Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, Egba
sold EUR 925
Size
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch

Description

wood, matt dark brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, string with coconut discs fivefold wrapped around the hips, characteristic traits: the projecting disc-shaped coiffure, Egba tribal marks, hands in a 90° angle to the body; arrow-shaped scarifications on the breasts, fomerly drilled pupils, slightly dam. (nose, coiffure)


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 122 ff. Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 108

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