Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo · ID: 3041184
sold
EUR 1,100
Provenance
Lauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark (1965/66)Poul Mørk (1938 – 2013), Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator of the African Collections Departement at the National Museum of Denmark
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, indigo blue pigment, abundantly adorned with 15 strings of miniature glass beads, resp. tiny coconut-discs, strong encrustations with paste from finely ground redwood and palm oil, large diamond-shaped eyes with drilled pupils (metal tags missing), skin scarification marks, facial features rubbed off by repeated feeding procedures, abrasion of paint (coiffure)
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 378