Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ajasse · ID: 3042139
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 8 April 1989, lot 187Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, encrusted in some areas, three strings of coconut discs, pear-shaped face with filed incisors and high towering crested coiffure, large pointed ears, plateau sandals, slightly dam., abrasion of paint (nose, eyes)
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 628
Publications
AHDRC: 0141647