Zemanek-Münster

Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, Egba
not available anymore
Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch

Description

wood, rich dark brown and blackish brown patina, characteristics: loincloth, crescent-shaped hairdo, Egba tribal marks, unusual arrangement of both hands, slightly dam. (ears), cracks, traces of insect caused damage (coiffure of one of the figures)


Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 113 Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 127

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