Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta · ID: 3038660
sold
EUR 1,800
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany (1981-83)Dieter Eulenburg, Dreieich, Germany
Size
H: 23,4 cm
H: 9.2 inch
Description
wood, matt shiny brown patina, black paint, five strings of glass beads (coated with brown patina as well), drilled pupils (nail heads missing but one), typical Abeokuta carving style characteristics: high crested coiffure, Egba tribal marks, oversized hands, loin cloth, slightly dam. (mouth), abrasion of paint, minor missing parts through insect caused damage (coiffure of one of the figures/base of the second one);
in the style of the famous Akinyode family of carvers.
Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 108