Zemanek-Münster

Male twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
sold EUR 560
Provenance
René David, Zurich, Switzerland
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983)
Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint at the coiffure, six necklaces with glass beads resp. coconut discs, encrusted with kaolin, helmet-shaped coiffure with tapering sides, eyes with drilled pupils, the islamic triangle on breast and neck, plateau sandals, dam., right foot tip missing, the facial features rubbed off through feeding procedures


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