Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, GermanyManfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
Size
H: 28/29 cm (male/female)
H: 28/11.4 inch (male/female)
Description
wood, rich reddish brown shiny patina, black paint, abundantly adorned (three strings of glass beads/coconut discs each), encrusted with camwood powder, slightly dam., insect caused missing parts, cracks (base/head of the male figure)
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 572 Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 219 ff.Publications
AHDRC: 0150557