Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina · ID: 3033240
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