Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo · ID: 3033299
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
American Private Collection, New YorkHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1980)
Size
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch
Description
wood, light brown patina, typical Oyo characteristics: elongated head and hairdo, three lancet-shaped Oyo-marks, slightly dam., missing part through insect caused damage (coiffure);
in the style of the Igbuke family of carvers, the typical marks on the abdomen and the grooved ornamentation running around the base recognizable.
Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 161, ill. 57 Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 361