Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
sold EUR 600
Provenance
Lauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark (1965/66)
Poul Mørk (1938 – 2013), Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator of the African Collections Departement at the National Museum of Denmark
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch

Description

wood, reddish brown shiny patina, indigo blue pigment, six strings of glass beads, resp. coconut discs, incised scarification marks, encrustations with camwood powder/palm oil, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), facial features strongly abraded, slightly dam., abrasion of paint (coiffure)


Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 48

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