Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, lusterless dark brown patina, blackish-blue paint at the coiffure, five strings of coconut discs, resp. glass beads, crown-shaped coiffure, the facial features strongly abraded, provided with tribal marks, metal tag pupils now missing, carved with a loincloth backside, washing patina, rep. (breakage at the neck)