Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa
sold EUR 300
Provenance
Private Collection, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, glass beads, seeds, metal tag pupils, rare type: face and body built of geometrical forms, unusual: broad beak-like mouth, richly adorned, rep. (breakages at the base fixed by metal clamps), cracks


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 600

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