Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Iseyin, Oyo
not available anymore
Size
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, traces of black paint and indigo blue pigment, encrustations with camwood powder, string with blue glass beads, typical facial features, tribal marks and crested coiffure, massive shoulders and arms, chunky hands resting flat aside the thighs, small pointed breasts, flat base, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), slightly dam., crack, old rep. (breakages in the base clamped with metal clasps)


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 412 f.

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