Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina · ID: 3037011
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, GermanyGünther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
wood, matt brown patina, indigo blue and white pigment, four strings of glass beads/coconut discs, unusual high towering hairdo, face with large projecting eyes, a broad flat nose and pointed chin, ears with drilled holes, carved with a belt around the hips, slightly dam., small traces of insect caused damage (coiffure), abrasion (facial features, neck lobe)
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 545