Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe (Ilorin) Area / Kwara State · ID: 3047134
sold
EUR 3,400
Provenance
Ian Auld, Halstead, EnglandSize
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch
Description
wood, colour pigments, camwood powder, glass, metal,
Characteristic of the “ibeji” from the Egbe region are the hands which are folded over the belly.
Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 173