Zemanek-Münster

Male twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
sold EUR 1,600
Provenance
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Size
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, characteristic pear-shaped face, nearly beak-like tapered mouth, large eyes with bulging eyeballs, linear scarification marks on the face, the body strikingly thick encrusted with clay-like mass, resp. camwood powder, facial features abraded, slightly dam.


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 571 ff.

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