Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon · ID: 3041746
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanyWalter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria
Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
wood, rich reddish brown shiny patina, camwood powder “osun”, indigo blue pigment, four strings of miniature glass beads, characterized by big diamond-shaped eyes with framing eyelashes and fine grooved high towering coiffure, the big ears slightly asymmetrically arranged, incised scarification marks on forehead and cheeks, features abraded (due to the regular applying of food offerings and innumerable face washings), slightly dam. (left ear), abrasion of paint
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 410
Publications
AHDRC: 0141982