Zemanek-Münster

Group of twin figures "ere ibeji

Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
sold EUR 500
Provenance
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1956) (a & b)
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 27,5 cm - 29 cm
H: 10.8 inch - 11.4 inch

Description

5 pcs, wood, camwood powder, indigo blue pigment, glass beads, coconut discs, cowrie shells, two male figures (a & b) with old collection label on the underside of the base; metal pins (eyes) preserved on one male figure


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 360 ff.

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