Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oye, Ekiti · ID: 3034424
sold
EUR 650
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 14. September 1996, lot 360Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Size
H: 30,5 cm
H: 12.0 inch
Description
wood, rich reddish brown patina, indigo blue paint at the coiffure, string with glass beads and coconut discs, high towering crested coiffure with grooves and raised middle ridge, carved with the islamic triangle on breast and back, slightly dam. (nose), traces of insect caused damage at the coiffure
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 350