Zemanek-Münster

Pair of female twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo / Ilorin
sold EUR 2,800
Provenance
Paul Descamps, Antwerp, Belgium
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, encrusted with camwood powder, remains of indigo blue pigment, richly adorned with four metal rings and strings of glassbeads, shell- and coconut-discs, facial features strongly abraded by repeated feeding procedures, slightly dam., missing parts (backside: base of both figures)


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 472 and 485

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