Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo · ID: 3040886
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, Auction 159, April 1991, Lot 260Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, two strings of glass beads, metal tag eyes (right one missing), string of cowrie shells around left wrist, characteristic features: slightly curved body axis in profile, head widely projecting to the front, full face with round cheeks and large eyes with framing eyelashes, incised linear tattoos on the cheeks, facial features abraded through repeated feeding procedures, slightly dam. (both breasts)