Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Owu, Ibadan · ID: 3042561
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s)Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Size
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch
Description
wood, matt brown patina, black paint, indigo blue pigment, camwood powder, facial features strongly abraded by repeated feeding procedures, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), incised checkerboard and zigzag pattern at the stomach, grooved decor around the rim of the base, slightly dam., minor missing parts (crest), cracks
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 301