Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke style
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

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