Male twin figure "ere ibeji" with shorts · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa, Igbo Ora · ID: 3039825
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