Male pair of twin figures "ere Ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila area or Ajasse · ID: 3033908
sold
EUR 1,200
Size
H: 30,5 cm
H: 12.0 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, traces of black paint, redwood powder, strings with miniature glass beads and coconut discs, the eyes inset with metal tags (one missing), high towering disc-shaped coiffure with plug-like projection on the forehead, big spectacle-like framed eyes, a teeth-revealing mouth with filed incisors, feet in high sandals, slightly dam., paint rubbed off;
for a comparable figure see R. F. Thompson, who refers to the similarity to works of the carver of Dagikonle of Igbomole. See G. Stoll, 1980, p. 297, ill. 192 as well.
Comparing literature
Thompson, Robert Farris, Black Gods and Kings, Los Angeles 1971, ill. 75 Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 297, ill. 192