Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe, Yagba
not available anymore
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
Bernhard 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


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