Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun Igbomina · ID: 3040408
sold
EUR 300
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, matt brown patina, encrustations with camwood powder, three strings of glass beads, carved with abdominal chain, the islamic triangle “tirah” on breast and back, high towering coiffure with grooves and raised middle ridge, fingers resting flat aside the thighs, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), slightly dam. (backside), minor missing parts (eyes, tip of the hairdo), traces of old age
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 549