Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina
sold EUR 400
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany
Günther & 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

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