Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun, Workshop of the "Master of the smiling face" ("Master of the Archaic Smile") · ID: 3049142
sold
EUR 3,500
Provenance
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The NetherlandsSize
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, pigments, metal,
Beautiful figure with attractive facial features, which are heavily rubbed due to repeated feeding procedures.
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 559 f.