Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji" with beaded hat

Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado, Ilogbo
sold EUR 280
Provenance
German Private Collection, Berlin (1962)
Size
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch

Description

wood, rich blackish-brown patina, fine grooved high towering coiffure with chignon, mouth with broad lips, arms straight aside body, elaborate embroidered bonnet with pointed ear flaps, decorated with animal motifs on both sides, facial features extremely abraded by permanent feeding procedures, slightly dam.


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 201

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