Zemanek-Münster

Male twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa
sold EUR 400
Provenance
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Zemanek-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

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