Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo · ID: 3036977
sold
EUR 3,000
Provenance
Simon Escarre, France/Korohgo, Côte d’Ivoire (1909 -1999)Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, shiny reddish brown patina, black paint, indigo blue pigment, figures with extreme short legs, bulging belly and round shoulders, short necks support proportionally large heads, wearing fez-like headdresses with pierced superstructures, flat noses with broad alea are completed by projecting fish mouth-like snouts, striking big ears projecting from the back of the head, scarifications on body and face, nailheads as pupils (missing apart from one), slightly dam. (base), cracks;
rare “ibeji”-type !
Both figures richly adorned with strings of glass beads and coconut discs, one figure provided with cowrie shell strings, both abundantly spread with “osun” (camwood powder).
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 483