Zemanek-Münster

Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina
sold EUR 1,800
Size
H: 23 cm resp. 23,5 cm
H: 9.1 inch resp. 9.3 inch

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, three strings of glass beads, narrow faces with fine carved disc-shaped coiffures widely projecting to the back, beautiful modelled bodies with accentuated hands and feet, elaborate carving (coiffure, loincloth), arrow-shaped tattoos on the breast of the female figure, slightly dam., minor missing part (ear of the female on the right), rep.


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 560

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