Female twin figure "ere ibeji" with beaded hat · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado, Ilogbo · ID: 3039246
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