Zemanek-Münster

Male twin figure "ere ibeji" with shorts

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa, Igbo Ora
sold EUR 500
Provenance
Mareidi Singer, Munich, Germany (1991)
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 24,3 cm
H: 9.6 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, a string of coconut discs wrapped around the hips for six times, necklace from red abrus seeds, drilled ear holes and pupils (ornament and metal tags missing), projecting disc-shaped coiffure openworked in parts, tribal marks on the face, both hands touching the thighs with the fingertips, slightly dam., minor missing part (right ear, left eye), abrasion


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 153

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