Zemanek-Münster

Male twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
not available anymore
Provenance
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in Oyo, 1956)
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, remains of camwood powder and indigo blue pigment, strings of glass beads and coconut discs, metal ring, slightly dam. (coiffure and base on the backside)


Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 57

Publications

AHDRC: 0150372


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