Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba/Egbado - Shaki
not available anymore
Provenance
Graf Karl Wilhelm von Finckenstein, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, shiny or encrusted with “osun”, necklace with glass beads, extreme short legs, elongated trunk and arms, carved navel with radial tattoos, no tribal marks on the face, large eyes with framing eyelashes and nailheads (pupils), coiffure pierced in the middle, missing parts through insect caused damage (coiffure, back of the head, base), cracks (backside)


Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 138, ill. 36 & p. 242 ff.

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