Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo · ID: 3035230
sold
EUR 2,600
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch
Description
wood, blotched brown patina, encrusted in some areas (“osun”), indigo blue pigment, abundantly adorned with strings of glass beads and coconut discs, well-proportioned, in smooth and round forms, characteristic features: hood-like hairstyle with long flaps at the sides concealing the ears, a pear-shaped face widely projecting to the front (profile), large eyes framed by eye-lashes, the pupils originally accentuated with nails, slightly dam., minor missing parts (right ear of the female figure, left eye of the male)
Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 207 ff.