Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke style · ID: 3045275
sold
EUR 1,300
Provenance
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in Oyo, 1956)Size
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch
Description
wood, camwood powder, coconut discs, glass beads, drilled pupils, beautiful washing patina
In the style of the “Igbuke” family of carvers, the typical marks on the abdomen and the grooved ornamentation around the base are easily recognizable.
Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 161, ill. 57