Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ajasse · ID: 3042632
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1986, lot 267Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, camwood powder “osun”, black paint, indigo blue pigment, distinctive mouth part with filed incisors, drilled ear holes and pupils (metal tags missing), lower part of the body and legs amalgamated, rich scarification marks on stomach, breast and face, facial features abraded (due to the regular applying of food offerings and innumerable face washings), slightly dam., cracks
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 632
Publications
AHDRC: 0147190