Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa · ID: 3048121
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 4 September 2010, Lot 388
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 30,5 cm
H: 12.0 inch
Description
wood, camwood powder, crowrie shells, glass beads, nails,
For the Yoruba the birth of twins promised wealth and prosperity, which is symbolized by the attached strings of cowrie snails .
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 599