Zemanek-Münster

Pair of female twin figures "ere ibeji" and figural fragment

Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, Ilorin, Egbe
sold EUR 500
Size
H: 28/29 cm, 20,5 cm
H: 28/11.4 inch, 8.1 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, indigo blue pigment, eyes with inlay, metal bracelets (corroded), characteristic features: hands folded in front of the body, crown-shaped hairdo, both figures show strong traces of insect caused damage, rep., each mounted on wooden plate; additional: fragment of an “ibeji” figure, just head and upper part of the body preserved, but strongly marked by insect caused damage as well, adorned with two strings of glass beads and metal bracelets, base


Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 173

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