Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe, Yagba · ID: 3042333
sold
EUR 2,400
Provenance
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s)Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Size
H: 25,5 cm
H: 10.0 inch
Description
wood, matt brown patina, black paint at the coiffure, fine work of carving (toes), carved with islamic triangle (“tirah”), high towering coiffure in four lobes, strongly abraded facial features due to repeated feeding procedures, good condition
Comparing literature
Chemeche, George, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, Milan 2003, ill. 230