Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe, Yagba · ID: 3042141
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Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanyBernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Size
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, metal ring, u-shaped flat face without mouth, facial features strongly abraded, nose and upper fringe of eyelashes just barely recognizable, delicate linear tattoos, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), prominent gesture, slightly dam., missing parts (left ear, backside), abrasion of paint
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 650
Publications
AHDRC: 0142031