Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, Egba · ID: 3036583
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