Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ipokia · ID: 3039848
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
Joachim Herrmann, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany (1999)Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 24,5/25,5 cm
H: 24,5/10.0 inch
Description
wood, shiny reddish brown patina, kaolin, three strings of glass beads, narrow faces with overlong pointed chin, concentrical tribal marks lateral on face, crested coiffure with grooves, additional: cape embroidered with colourful miniature glass beads, slightly dam. (ear), cracks
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 249