Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ede
not available anymore
Provenance
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s)Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, indigo blue pigment, red wood powder, two strings of glass beads, one string with tiny coconut discs, prominent face with diamond-shaped eyes (with notched eye-lashes), tripartite nose and small mouth, forehead and face sides covered with linear incised scarification marks, crown-shaped pierced coiffure, slightly dam., abrasion of paint